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Workers Focus On Shuttle Rollback PrepsCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 21, 2010 Having collected data through the weekend from Friday's tanking test on space shuttle Discovery, workers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are preparing the shuttle for a return to the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. The move is to take place tomorrow, starting at about 12:30 a.m. EST. Once inside the VAB, the back side of the intertank region of the external tank will be scanned and foam will be reapplied to areas where sensors were placed for the tanking test. Initial data and a walk down ... read more |
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