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Published online 28 July 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050725-10
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Foam chunks burst NASA bubble
There will be no more shuttle flights until debris problem is fixed.
NASA has grounded its space shuttle fleet after seeing foam chunks falling from Discovery's external fuel tank during its launch on 26 July.
The same problem doomed Columbia, which broke up while re-entering Earth's atmosphere on 1 February 2003.
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