Today, in the history of astronomy, the foam falling from the search raised the alarm.
The discovery of space shuttle on March 7, 2011 during the final flight of Discovery is seen from the underlying space station. Credit: NASA
- On July 26, 2005, a significant piece of foam separated from the space shuttle SearchExternal tanks during launch.
- This incident inspired NASA to take all shuttle flights to the ground due to concerns about foam siding, mirroring Columbia master of Disaster.
- One year investigation began in the foam shedding issue, identifying several potential contribution factors rather than the same root cause.
- The phenomenon increased the development of increased testing, inspection processes, in-space repair techniques, and eventually accelerated the retirement of the space shuttle program in 2011.
During July 26, 2005, launch, cameras captured a large piece of foam falling from space shuttle SearchFuel tank. Since then Columbia Two years ago, shuttle on disaster-entry was caused by killing the wing and breaking a heat shield due to death-up, NASA announced on 27 July that it would ground all shuttle flights until it resolves the foam issue. After one year intensive examination. The foam shedding was a known defect of the space shuttle, and eventually, several possible causes were defined rather than a specific cause. But NASA extended the resulting testing and inspection processes, as well as veating in-space shuttle examination and repair techniques. The space shuttle program was also placed on a route towards adjacent retirement, ending in 2011.
