KSC-99pp1003
Engineers are investigating the possibility that a 7/8" gold-plated liquid oxygen post plug became dislodged and created three small holes in the liquid hydrogen tubes inside the nozzle on main engine No. 3 on Space Shuttle Columbia. The holes caused a hydrogen leak during the STS-93 launch of Columbia on July 23
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KSC-99pp1003
Date Created
July 30, 1999
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL
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