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La Nasa forse costretta a rimandare il lancio di "Atlantis"

Washington, Usa - La causa dei bulloni consumati

Il quotidiano statunitense "Usa Today" ha riportato ieri la notizia secondo la quale il lancio della navetta spaziale della Nasa "Atlantis", previsto per il prossimo 27 agosto dal centro spaziale "Kennedy Space Center" in Florida (vedi AVIONEWS), potrebbe subire dei ritardi. Il motivo sarebbero due bulloni, che servono a tenere ferma un’antenna, che sono parzialmente consumati. Poichè la navetta è...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 147126
Roma, Italia, 08/18/2006 17:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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