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Can Discovery suffer from debris falling off?
Washington, USA - NASA's technicians are concerned about it as relive with the nightmare of Columbia
Some debris of Discovery’ thermic covering detached from the Shuttle during take-off would have hit the fuselage, but NASA is not currently able to say if it caused damages (see for details AVIONEWS). What is mostly worrying is that a similar accident caused the Columbia’s tragedy and the death of 7 cosmonauts on February 2003. US Space Agency technicians now are studying photos to realize whether deb...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency