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Shuttle "Endeavour": fuel-line cracks found

Cape Canaveral - Launch dates of all shuttle flights this year are in question

Nasa discovered a fuel-line crack in its newest space shuttle "Endeavour", the same potentially dangerous problem affecting the rest of the fleet. The small crack was found in the metal liner of a hydrogen-fuel line inside Endeavour, which returned from orbit just last month, after a mission on ISS (Internationale Space Station). Similar cracks have been found in the same parts on the three other...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 30950
Rome, Italy, 07/11/2002 18:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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