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NASA finds minor scratch damage to Atlantis' shield

The US space shuttle Atlantis apparently was hit by a piece of debris that nicked part of its heat shield but the damage does not seemserious, NASA said on Tuesday.

 

Atlantis and its seven-member crew blasted off from Florida on Monday on an 11-day mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. The liftoff also damaged about 25 square feet of the shuttle's launch pad flame trench, the US Space Agency said. NASA told the Atlantis crew there might be a need for

additional inspections of the area where the ship's right wing joins the fuselage. (Reuters)

 

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 05.12.09, 22:05