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KSC-04pd0625
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Damon Petty, with United Space Alliance, removes another insulation blanket from a shelf prior to heat cleaning and waterproofing. The blankets fit inside the nose cap of an orbiter. They consist of layered, pure silica felt sandwiched between a layer of silica fabric (the hot side) and a layer of S-Glass fabric. The blanket is through-stitched with pure silica thread in a 1-inch grid pattern.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-04pd0625. NASA/KSC, 2004-03-25. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd0625.