Streaks from Atlantis’ SSMEs noted as Discovery gains engines back
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
An In Flight Anomaly (IFA) Review into STS-132′s ascent has noted an observation of over 200 streaks from Atlantis’ Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) plumes during ascent. While the number of streaks is twice the amount of the previous “record” no loss of performance or safety margins were breached. Meanwhile, Discovery has received all of [...]
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