Mystery Debris Proves No Factor to Atlantis
Credit: CARLETON BAILIE/AW&ST
The shuttle's unprecedented late self inspection for missing parts when debris was spotted floating near Atlantis a day before scheduled reentry demonstrates the autonomous capability required to support approval in mid-October of a Hubble Space Telescope mission. STS-115 commander Navy Capt. Brent...
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