NASA downgrades foam risk for shuttle, sets Dec. 7 launch
After further analysis of its last two space shuttle flights, NASA has downgraded the risk of foam debris to the orbiter and is proceeding with plans to launch Discovery on the next space station assembly mission Dec. 7. During at two-day flight readiness review (FRR) at Kennedy Space Center in...
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