Sunday, 9 September 2012

The Toothbrush That Saved The International Space Station

image credit NASA

It was a little like Apollo 13 - if its mission to the moon had been saved by a tool of good oral hygiene, that is. Last Wednesday, the International Space Station, having battled electrical malfunctions for over a week, was repaired by a combination that MacGyver himself would have been proud of: an allen wrench, a wire brush, a bolt... and a toothbrush.

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