NASA decides not to repair thermal blanket on Discovery
NASA has decided Space Shuttle Discovery is safe to re-enter Earth's atmosphere with the damaged thermal blanket under its port cockpit window left as is, formally putting to bed the last known issue standing between the orbiter and its scheduled return to Earth on Aug. 8. Engineers satisfied...
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