NASA engineers have completed some repairs to the shuttle Atlantis’ hail-damaged external fuel tank at the agency’s Florida spaceport, where a possible replacement is due to arrive Friday, agency ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA managers won't decide until April when to reschedule a space shuttle mission that was postponed after hail damaged the craft, officials said. Golfball-sized hail left ...

NEW YORK — NASA engineers and mission managers are weighing their options on how best to fix thousands of hail dings in the foam-covered fuel tank of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. William Gerstenmaier, ...

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Fuel tanks don’t fail often, but when they do, repairs can be expensive and potentially dangerous. Damage can happen from collisions, water intrusion, poor manufacturing or even leaving a car unused ...