Sentences with phrase «insulation on its fuel tank»

Instead the space shuttle Discovery is grounded until 30 November and NASA is evaluating a worrying crack that has formed in the foam insulation on its fuel tank.

Instead it will be grounded until 30 November while the agency probes a crack that has formed in the foam insulation on its fuel tank.

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After many millions of dollars spent redesigning the space shuttle's external fuel tank after the Columbia disaster, sizeable chunks of foam insulation still fell off the tank during the launch of Discovery on Tuesday.