Spacewalkers Ready Solar Array for Move

By RASHA MADKOUR, Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

This image provided by NASA shows the Space Shuttle Endeavour's orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods and vertical stabilizer backdropped by the blackness of space in this image photographed by a crewmember while docked with the International Space Station during STS-118 flight day six activities Monday Aug. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/NASA)

(AP) -- After days of anxiety about a gouge in the belly of the shuttle Endeavour, NASA finally got some good news: tests suggested repairs may not be needed, and the agency fulfilled a longstanding dream of a teacher talking to students from space.

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