Backup Pad 39-B Found To Have Similar Deterioration, But Repairs Not Slated To Be Performed There: Briefers Damage to a flame trench at Launch Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center will be repaired before the next major mission, the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis Oct. 8 on a rescue run to the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA briefers said in a news teleconference after a two-hour meeting on how to repair the damage. Repairs already have begun, after the blistering blast…
Flame Trench Damage At Launch Pad 39-A Extensive, But Repairs To Be Made Before Next Shuttle Launch
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