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During one exceptional spacewalk repair on STS-125, Michael Massimino and Michael Good had to rip a stuck handrail off Hubble by hand in order to repair a broken spectrograph, which itself was unprecedented.
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Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The developers upgraded the plumbing, electrical, mechanical systems and restrooms and preserved original elements like the wooden floorboards and the stairways’ brass-and-copper handrails.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Apr. 2025
The Chesterton High School Trades program will be deployed to help build new stairs and handrails, along with inside benches.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Fortunately, the listing survives online and shows a great room on the upper level with terraces that connect to the main level via a gently curving staircase with a dark wood handrail that seems more 1910 than 2010.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2025
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Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The developers upgraded the plumbing, electrical, mechanical systems and restrooms and preserved original elements like the wooden floorboards and the stairways’ brass-and-copper handrails.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Apr. 2025
The Chesterton High School Trades program will be deployed to help build new stairs and handrails, along with inside benches.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Fortunately, the listing survives online and shows a great room on the upper level with terraces that connect to the main level via a gently curving staircase with a dark wood handrail that seems more 1910 than 2010.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Handrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handrail. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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handrail
noun
hand·rail
ˈhan-ˌdrāl 
: a narrow rail for grasping as a support (as on a staircase)
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