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Slideshow: Spacewalkers Tweak Gyroscope

As two space-shuttle astronauts replace an aging device on the International Space Station, NASA considers whether the duo should attempt an unprecedented repair of the shuttle itself.
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after completing a televised spacewalk on Monday, Aug. 1, 2005.AP Photo/NASA TV

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's cargo bay in this view from television. The 620pound gyroscope is about the size of a washing machine.

's cargo bay in this view from television. The 620-pound gyroscope is about the size of a washing machine.

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's cargo bay, in this view from television. The gyroscope is used, along with three others, to maintain and adjust the station's attitude, or orientation, relative to the Earth.

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's cargo bay, in this view from television.

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