New Shuttle Seals Pass Test
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY —
New sealing materials in Morton Thiokol’s redesigned space shuttle booster completely contained super-hot gases during a recent test-firing, preparing the way for more advanced experiments, the company announced today.
The escape of gas from one of the shuttle Challenger’s booster rocket joints has been blamed for touching off the Jan. 28, 1986, explosion of an exterior fuel tank that destroyed the spacecraft and killed its seven-member crew.
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