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What was the most inconsequential failure on an STS mission recorded in mission reports?
That's a good one!
Wow, what to pick: stuck locker doors, slightly hazed windows, problems with the galley.
How about a Velcro problem?
The
EDFT-03
utility
box evaluation
resulted
in a Velcro
patch ...
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Shuttle emergency landing location question
This is admittedly a partial answer; it was originally inspired by GandalfDDI's link of JSC-48029 in their answer. That document notably calls out whether or not selected airfields have PAPI lighting,...
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Shuttle emergency landing location question
All my Shuttle Documentation:
https://gandalfddi.z19.web.core.windows.net/shuttle.html
See the JSC-48029 Rev B - Flight Data File - Flight Maps and Charts - 19910828.pdf:
https://gandalfddi.z19.web....
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After the Challenger disaster, the Fixed Service Structures on pads 39A & B had a new structure on the FSS. What is it?
Asked my KSC operations friends, Eric said that is was a "Weather protection wall, it pivots and slid to shield the orbiter from the elements"
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