
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The thermal protection system blanket insulation (foreground) has been hand-sewn onto a frame before being installed inside Endeavour's Reinforced Carbon-Carbon nose cap, seen in the background, in the NASA Kennedy Space Center Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2. Made of a woven ceramic fabric, the special blankets are used to help insulate the vehicle's nose cap and protect it from the extreme temperatures it will face during a mission. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller.
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Date Created
February 9, 2006
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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