Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : O-Ring Flaw Found in Shuttle Boosters
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Hot rocket gas singed O-rings in Columbia’s booster rockets during liftoff nearly two weeks ago but did not endanger the space shuttle or its seven astronauts, NASA said. The two scorched O-rings, one in each of the solid-fuel boosters, are used during assembly to keep adhesive away from the critical primary O-ring seals.
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