Written by Derek Kessler on
Thursday, 16 August 2007
NASA decided Thursday that no repairs are needed for a deep gouge in Endeavour’s belly and the space shuttle is safe to fly home. Mission Control notified the seven shuttle astronauts of the decision right before they went to sleep, putting an end to a week of engineering analyses and anxious uncertainty - both in orbit and on Earth.
“Please pass along our thanks for all the hard work,” radioed Endeavour’s commander, Scott Kelly. Mission Control replied, “It’s great we finally have a decision and we can press forward.”
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NASA decided Thursday that no repairs are needed for a deep gouge in Endeavour’s belly and the space shuttle is safe to fly home. Mission Control notified the seven shuttle astronauts of the decision right before they went to sleep, putting an end to a week of engineering analyses and anxious uncertainty - both in orbit and on Earth.
