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NASA : Shuttle fit and ready to dock with ISS
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NASA : Shuttle fit and ready to dock with ISS
When the shuttle met up with the international space station yesterday morning it did not need emergency repairs while hooked up with the orbital outpost — unlike last year’s daring spacewalk fixes.
Deputy shuttle program manager John Shannon said that the redesigned sections of the external fuel tank held up well during the launch, and that little if any foam came off those areas.
The recent inspection by the astronauts uncovered a thermal tile filler poking about a half-inch out of the belly of Discovery. Shannon said better data would be available but for now, engineers do not believe the dangling fabric will pose a danger for re-entry or require spacewalking repairs, as it did last summer when two similar strips had to be removed in orbit.
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