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	+ Home		+ NASA Home > Mission Sections > Space Shuttle > Return to Flight > Multimedia Print This Email This Gap Filler Repair Techniques 08.01.05 Engineers practice techniques to eliminate or trim protruding gap fillers that Astronauts Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson will use during their spacewalk. The ceramic coated-fabric gap fillers are used to prevent hot gas from seeping into gaps between the Shuttle’s protective tiles. + Low-res (105 Kb) + High-res (2.9 Mb) + Low-res (72 Kb) + High-res (2.8 Mb) + Low-res (118 Kb) + High-res (3.6 Mb) + Low-res (89 Kb) + High-res (3 Mb) + Low-res (97 Kb) + High-res (3.3 Mb) + Low-res (64 Kb) + High-res (530 Mb) + Low-res (90 Kb) + High-res (222 Kb) Computer-generated image of Astronaut Steve Robinson riding the end of the Station's robot arm being positioned for the gap filler repair.
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