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Leadpenny posts a seemingly ho-hum post about the shuttle over San Francisco, which interests me. Then I am at NASA-TV awaiting the touchdown which never happened. All the while, reacting with the Freeper family.
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Debris appeared to strike wing on launch
Posted: February 1, 2003
This animated image shows two frames of video from shuttle Columbia's launch on January 16. A white puff between the orbiter's left wing and external fuel tank (circled) appears to be a piece of debris that struck during the climb to orbit. In a pre-landing briefing entry flight director Leroy Cain said engineers "took a very thorough look at the situation with the tile on the left wing and we have no concerns whatsoever