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Shuttle Returns: Shuttle Safety Upgrades
Find out how engineers have improved safety features on the space shuttle Discovery for its first mission since the Columbia disaster in 2003.
Added: Apr 27, 2006
Views: 1942 Views
Runtime: 04:05
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Laser Camera System (LCS)See a new tool that will scan the space shuttle Discovery during its mission to look for damage similar to that which caused the Columbia disaster.Shuttle Returns (04:12)
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