Shuttle damage 'looks like nothing,' NASA says
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 17:14
in Astronomy & Space
A trail of dings stretches about 21 inches along the right side of Atlantis, where the wing meets the fuselage. Officials say it may have come from bits of foam that broke off during launch. A safety inspection of the space shuttle Atlantis, on a mission to repair the Hubble telescope, has turned up minor damage in the area where the right wing joins the fuselage, NASA announced today.