Last Flight-Qualified Space Shuttle External Tank Crosses Panama Canal

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 13:30 in Astronomy & Space

A giant space shuttle fuel tank made for an unusual sight at the Atlantic Ocean entrance to the Panama Canal. The 154-foot-long (47 meter) external tank, riding on an uncovered flatbed barge, entered the famous waterway on its trip to the California Scien

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