NASA Issues Repair Plan on Shuttle Tanks
August 25, 2007 By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
A gash in the thermal tiles on the space shuttle Endeavour is seen after the orbiter landed at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility Tuesday afternoon Aug. 21, 2007 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool)
(AP) -- NASA said Friday that cracks have been found in the insulation of all three space shuttle fuel tanks slated to fly in coming months and could be the reason a chunk of foam debris broke off during Endeavour's launch.
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