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KSC-06pd0577

NASA / KSC · 2006-04-05 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker examines the underside of the reinforced carbon-carbon nose cap that will be installed on Endeavour. The nose cap is insulated with thermal protection system blankets made of a woven ceramic fabric. The special blankets help insulate the vehicle's nose cap and protect it from the extreme temperatures it will face during a mission.

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Credit lineKSC-06pd0577. NASA/KSC, 2006-04-05. Public domain. ID: KSC-06pd0577.
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