Crew closely inspects Discovery, prepares for spacewalk
The crew of STS-121 conducted "focused inspections" of six areas of interest on the space shuttle's thermal protection system July 7, including two tile gap-fillers that apparently shook loose during ascent and might have to be removed, as was done on Discovery's flight last year. One of the gap...
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