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Third Crack Found In Space Shuttle Discovery Fuel Tank

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Published 12 November 2010 6:07 pm EST Updated 12 November 2010 6:07 pm EST

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NASA engineers have discovered a third small crack in the aluminum skin of the huge external fuel tank for space shuttle Discovery while tackling repair work ahead of the spacecraft’s final spaceflight.

Engineers at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida were already studying two 9-inch (23-centimeter) cracks discovered on the shuttle’s 15-story fuel tank earlier this week.

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