HOUSTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. astronauts aboard the International Space Station worked Sunday to fix the newly arrived urine distillation equipment, NASA officials said.
Station commander Mike Fincke and space shuttle Endeavour astronaut Donald Pettit removed grommets from the urine processor's assembly, a procedure space agency engineers anticipate will keep the unit's centrifuge from coming in contact with a speed sensor and shutting down the processor when it heats up.