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HOUSTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has installed new software on the International Space Station to monitor the station's gyroscopes.
During a Monday spacewalk, two astronauts from space shuttle Endeavour removed and replaced one of the gyroscopes that failed late last year. NASA controllers in Houston said the mechanisms keep the space station properly oriented without the use of rocket fuel.
Computer scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center designed the new software -- called the Inductive Monitoring System -- that will be used to identify and track problems related to the gyroscopes.
"If the system does something unexpected, the software alerts ground controllers that something is different, an anomaly, and that allows them to analyze the situation and take preventive measures as necessary," said David Iverson, the computer scientist who led the five-year effort to develop the software.
The software program also has been used in F-18 fighter planes and by the space shuttle's leading edge impact detection system, as well as for electric power plant and water quality monitoring.
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The sheriff's deputy who arrested actor-director Mel Gibson is suing the County of Los Angeles for alleged discrimination and harassment, court records show.
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