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Nation in brief
NASA deals with spate of safety goofs
By wire services
Published March 18, 2006
CAPE CANAVERAL - Kennedy Space Center employees returned to work Friday with orders to be more careful a day after a stand down was ordered following a spate of recent accidents.
James Kennedy, the space center's director, ordered work stopped for two hours Thursday while he addressed nearly 15,000 employees on safety issues over closed-circuit television.
In January, workers did not lock down space shuttle Endeavour's nose wheel landing gear while transferring it between floor jacks, causing the orbiter to pitch forward. No serious damage was done. Later, workers put too much pressure in the water coolant loop of space shuttle Atlantis, requiring repairs.
This month, the arm of space shuttle Discovery was dented by a platform being used to clean up broken glass. NASA on Friday ordered a formal investigation.
Truck crashes into medical clinic; 3 people killed
SANTA FE, N.M. - A truck plowed through a plate-glass window at a medical clinic Friday, killing three people and injuring eight, authorities said.
The truck hurtled through the parking lot and drove as far as 30 feet into the storefront clinic, which treats work-related injuries.
The cause of the crash was under investigation. The truck driver was among the injured. Her name was not released.
Seven of the injured were listed in satisfactory condition at a hospital; the eighth was treated and released.
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