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NEWS ABOUT: heat shield

heat shield stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - Atlantis astronauts found some minor damage to the shuttle’s heat shield during an arduous, nine-hour inspection today, Space.com reports, with NASA officials saying nicks sustained during liftoff weren’t a serious concern, but that more analysis was needed. Astronauts will inspect the shield—vital to the shuttle’s... More »

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astronauts • damage • space travel • heat shield • inspection • Atlantis Space Shuttle • outer space • Hubble Space Telescope • reentry

 Shuttle Prepares to Quit Station 

Endeavour crew about to zoom home after record mission

Mar 24, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The crew of shuttle Endeavour prepared to undock from the International Space Station today after a leisurely Easter Sunday spent off-loading cargo, enjoying a holiday meal, and talking to family back home. The shuttle commander compared the flurry of work to wrap up the record-setting mission to March Madness: "... More »

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NASA • space shuttle • Kennedy Space Center • International Space Station • Endeavour • heat shield • Dextre • Garrett Reisman • science lab • robot device • space program

 Spacewalking Astronauts  
 Test Repair Goo

'Caulk-like' stuff could avert disaster

Mar 21, 08 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spacewalking astronauts successfully tested a high-tech goo that can be used to repair heat shields and help avert a repeat of the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster, the Houston Chronicle reports. In work reminiscent of a “tile-and-grout” job, astronauts sprayed the pink caulk onto shuttle sections that were purposely damaged.... More »

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NASA • astronauts • International Space Station • Endeavor • repair • spacewalk • heat shield • Columbia Space Shuttle • T-RAD

Illness Delays Spacewalk
to Install Columbus Lab

Crew investigates minor heat shield damage

Feb 10, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Today's planned spacewalk to install the Columbus lab on the International Space Station was pushed back until tomorrow after Atlantis astronaut Hans Schlegel experienced an undisclosed medical problem. The shuttle crew will spend today instead examining a minor tear in their craft's heat shield, and performing such routine chores as... More »

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NASA • space shuttle • International Space Station • heat shield • Atlantis Space Shuttle

Astronauts Will Skip Shuttle Fix

NASA decides gash won't be a hazard during re-entry

Aug 17, 07 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - NASA has decided against a risky spacewalk repair job on the gouged heat shield of the space shuttle Endeavour, AP reports. Engineers concluded that a gash in the tiled underside of the spacecraft will not be a hazard during re-entry. Attempting a repair could risk causing more damage and could... More »

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NASA • Columbia University • astronauts • space shuttle • Endeavour • Challenger • repair • spacewalk • heat shield • robotic arm • tile • Alvin Drew

Space Crew May Try Risky Fix

NASA weighs methods to repair gash in shuttle heat shield

Aug 14, 07 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronauts on board the space shuttle Endeavour will likely attempt a spacewalk to fix a gouge in the craft's heat shield cause by debris that slammed into it during takeoff, USA Today reports. The debris carved a cavity more than three inches long and an inch deep on the tiled... More »

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NASA • Columbia University • astronauts • space shuttle • Endeavour • repair • heat shield

NASA Eyes Endeavor Damage

Engineers say ice chunk hit shuttle's underbelly, could endanger re-entry

Aug 11, 07 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Endeavour's astronauts finished their first spacewalk today by installing a 2-ton beam on the back of the international space station, the AP reports. Meanwhile NASA engineers inspected troubling images of a gash in shuttle Endeavour’s heat shield caused, they believe, by an ice chunk that flew off the fuel... More »

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