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Nasa's Return To Flight: Testing In

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Students explain basic components of the space shuttle stack and the chemical fuel makeup and storage used on the external tank of space shuttle. They discuss findings of Columbia mission accident. and the safety improvements that have been made.

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11th - 12th
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Science
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3 days
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