Astronauts woken up by second computer failure

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The shuttle astronauts have dealt with another computer problem aboard Atlantis. After the astronauts went to bed late Thursday afternoon, Mission Control woke them up because of a computer failure in one of the shuttle's five main computers. The crew switched to a backup ...

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