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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex got a double dose of good news Tuesday: A rotary joint that they spent days cleaning and lubing appeared to be working normally again for the first time in more than a year, and a urine-recycling machine finally was behaving.
NASA officials cautioned more tests are needed, but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm 225 miles up.
The urine processor had been shutting down prematurely ever since it was installed at the international space station last week, and the astronauts had spent days trying to coax it into operation.
