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Good news in favour of the recommencement of the shuttles' launches by Nasa

New York, Usa - US Space Agency announced it ended the revision and the design of the new tank

Good news come from Usa about the recommencement of the shuttles’ launches by Nasa which activity in this sense was stopped after the Columbia’s tragic end on February, 1, 2003. US Space Agency announced it ended the revision and the design of the new tank which is fundamental for the shuttle’s launch and which bad function caused just the tragedy of Columbia (see AVIONEWS). The first model of the n...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 111099
Rome, Italy, 12/31/2004 14:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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