Thursday, August 27, 2009

NASA tests fuel tank insulation for next Discovery mission (AFP)

Posted by Newt Randall at 8:26 AM

Space Shuttle Discovery, sitting atop the crawler transporter, rolls out to launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center August 4, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA said Thursday that engineers are testing the foam insulation bonding on the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tanks before it heads to the International Space Station on August 25.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Matt Stroshane)AFP - NASA said Thursday that engineers are testing the foam insulation bonding on the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tanks before it heads to the International Space Station on August 25.



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