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| STS-114 Shuttle Mission Imagery | |
 high res (1.2 M) low res (87 K) | JSC2003-E-52313 (8 August 2003) --- Onboard a KC-135 aircraft, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam uses a “step gage” to insure that the tile repair does not protrude more than .025 inches past the orbiter outer mold line (OML) on a damaged section of thermal tiles. The aircraft flew a series of special parabolas to afford a number of zero-g “windows” for rehearsing extravehicular activity (EVA) tasks for repairing damaged Shuttle tiles. Astronaut Rex J. Walheim looks on. |
Curator: Kim
Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 02/02/2004 |
