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KSC-08pd3452

NASA / KSC · 2008-10-30 · photograph (digital archive)

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – United Space Alliance technicians remove and replace all the hub tiles on space shuttle Discovery before its STS-119 mission targeted for Feb. 12. Hub tiles, heat protection tiles, are difficult to install because of their location on the inboard side of the inboard elevons. On the STS-119 mission, Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the International Space Station.

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TPS, USA, hub, S6
Credit lineKSC-08pd3452. NASA/KSC, 2008-10-30. Public domain. ID: KSC-08pd3452.
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