Third Crack Found in Metal Skin of Shuttle Discovery's Fuel Tank

Friday, November 12, 2010 - 18:30 in Physics & Chemistry

As technicians continued repair work on the space shuttle Discovery, a third crack was found on the aluminum body of the orbiter's external fuel tank, the latest in a series of delays and glitches that prevented the workhorse shuttle from launching on its final mission last week.

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