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In the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center, an engineer reveals the results of a "dry run" of a task to repair damage to the thermal blanket on the port orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pod of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Special staples inserted by a stapler from a medical kit represent the chosen means to fix the damage, which was discovered on launch day. Astronaut John (Danny) Olivas, STS-117 mission specialist, has been assigned the task of replicating this procedure on a scheduled June 15 spacewalk.