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NASA: the analysis of the damage to the heat shield within today
Cape Canaveral, USA - The spacewalk is slated to begin at 11:31 a.m. (LT)
Space Shuttle Endeavour, took off on August 9th (see AVIONEWS), and a chunk of insulating foam smacked the shuttle at liftoff last week, creating a 3½-inch-long gouge that penetrates all the way through the thermal shielding on the shuttle's belly. Mission managers expect to decide Monday, or Tuesday at the latest, whether to send astronauts out to patch the gouge. Engineers are trying to determine...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1078132
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency