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Shuttle tank test a success

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts114/050414tanking/discoverymidday.jpg


NASA filled the newly modified tank with 500,000 gallons fuel on a mock launch test to check for icing that could do damage to the tiles on the leading wing like the foam debris did to Columbia.

Info at CBS News which I'm surprised by the details they are offering.

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