BC-Space Shuttle, 4th Ld-Writethru<p>BY MARCIA DUNN AP Aewrospace Wwiter CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)--Two spacewalking astronauts successfully performed wrist surgery Thursday on the international space station's 58-foot robot arm, replacing an arthritic joint. "Time to wake up the patient and see how the big arm's doing after surgery,‘ Mission Control said following the repairs by Franklin Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin.<p>***That's a LOT better, Marcia. Thanks.***<p>[ June 13, 2002: Message edited by: blanp ]</p>
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