Aluminum lithium Shuttle tank test article ready for testing

Lockheed Martin has delivered a 40-foot aluminum lithium test article to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center for six months of testing designed to certify the lightweight alloy and structure as the Space Shuttle external tank Built to the same 27-foot diameter as the existing external tank, the test...

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