NASA probing cause of tank foam 'hits' on Shuttle tile
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center are investigating why a new type of insulating foam on the huge external tank that carries cryogenic propellant for the Space Shuttle is breaking away and dinging the fragile thermal protection tiles on the orbiter wings. Although not considered a...
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