Tuesday, July 04, 2006
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA managers on Monday determined the launch of the space shuttle Discovery will still go ahead despite a crack being found in insulation foam on the exterior fuel tank, a NASA official said.
Discovery is due to lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Tuesday afternoon, after two weather-related holdups during the weekend.
The crack, about 5 inches by about 1/2 inch (12.7 cm by 1 cm), was found through a routine overnight inspection. Falling foam doomed the shuttle Columbia in 2003 when it knocked a hole in the spacecraft's wing through liftoff.
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