NASA Shoots for Three Shuttle Flights This Year
From Times Wire Reports
NASA will try for three shuttle flights this year if the space agency is able to launch Discovery in May or July, a top NASA official said at Cape Canaveral.
But that’s a big “if,” said space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale.
Engineers are still are working out problems with the external fuel tank insulation. NASA engineers were disappointed when a one-pound piece of foam flew off Discovery’s fuel tank during launch last summer. It turned out to be one of 16 pieces of foam that broke off.
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