Atlantis landing delayed after mystery object seen

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Atlantis landing delayed after mystery object seen

#1 Postby Brent » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:57 am

Strange.

Mystery object spotted below shuttle
POSTED: 11:24 a.m. EDT, September 19, 2006

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- NASA engineers are checking into a baffling sight of a mystery object below the shuttle that mission control spotted at about 2:45 a.m EDT Tuesday with a video camera in the shuttle's cargo bay.

The landing has been delayed til Thursday.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/09/1 ... index.html
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#2 Postby Canelaw99 » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:26 pm

Yep - saw that. They're not totally sure what it is, but seems that something might have shaken lose when they did a testing of some of the rockets on board in preps for landing tomorrow. Seems they're doing the smart thing though since the wing sensors sensed vibrations. After Columbia, much better to be safe than sorry in my book!
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#3 Postby Stephanie » Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:34 am

Canelaw99 wrote:Yep - saw that. They're not totally sure what it is, but seems that something might have shaken lose when they did a testing of some of the rockets on board in preps for landing tomorrow. Seems they're doing the smart thing though since the wing sensors sensed vibrations. After Columbia, much better to be safe than sorry in my book!


Absolutely!

I pray for a safe trip home!
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