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KSC-08pd1969
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the tile shop at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker removes a Boeing Replacement Insulation 18, or BRI-18, tile from a 2,200-degree oven. The baking is part of the process to prepare the tiles for installation on space shuttles. BRI-18 is the strongest material used for thermal insulation on the orbiters and, when coated to produce toughened unipiece fibrous insulation, provides a tile with extremely high-impact resistance.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-08pd1969. NASA/KSC, 2008-07-14. Public domain. ID: KSC-08pd1969.
