NASA suspends shuttle flights pending investigation
Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 18:00
in Astronomy & Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA will suspend flights of its space shuttle fleet until it understands why strips of insulating foam peeled off the fuel tank used by shuttle Endeavour during Wednesday's launch, officials said.
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