Spacecraft Suffered Little Damage From Flash Fire
Associated Press
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. —
Only a test battery, an electrical connector and an insulation blanket were damaged by a small flash fire in the Magellan Venus spacecraft here, NASA announced. A National Aeronautics and Space Administration official reiterated Friday that the Oct. 17 accident would have no impact on Magellan’s launch, scheduled for April aboard a space shuttle.
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