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The capture bar grabbed the tumbling satellite and bought eleven hours
Two astronauts reach out to grab a tumbling 15,400-pound satellite over Earth with a capture bar - can their spacewalk stop the spin in time?
The capture bar grabbed the tumbling satellite and bought eleven hours
In this episode, we follow the mission to intercept SYNCOM IV-3: how two astronauts suited up, approached a tumbling 15,400-pound satellite, and attempted manual repairs while the clock ran. What decisions, tools, and procedures made their eleven-hour-plus spacewalk possible - and what risks they faced along the way?
Person: William Fisher
Person: James van Hoften
Event: SYNCOM IV-3…
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