The shuttle launchpads, numbers 39A and 39B at the Kennedy Space Centre were originally built for the massive Saturn V rockets used to take the Apollo astronauts to the Moon. After the take off of STS-124 it was found that there was damage to launch pad 39A, with concrete blocks and debris thrown around the area.
NASA spokesman Bill Johnson said Sunday "they sustained some serious damage on the north side of the (flame trench) wall. They’ll get a full report tomorrow." A NASA manager said later part of the pad’s base was repaired after a previous launching but possibly, something was either missed or not repaired correctly.
Successful shuttle launch visible from DeLand Saturday
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BY WILLIAM HARWOOD Launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center
suffered unusual damage during the shuttle Discovery’s blastoff
Saturday, NASA officials said …
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Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-124
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ECO sensor failures had caused a number of delays to recent Shuttle
launch attempts, and STS-124 is the first mission to use a modified
tank, …
By sukhdeep
Shuttle launch pad damaged During launch of the space ship Discovery from the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday the Launch pad 39A got damaged and many concrete blocks were thrown off on the road behind the pad. …
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CNN misses the mark on the Shuttle Launch in HD
By RSCME(RSCME)
After touting the splendor of watching a shuttle launch in high definition, during the actual launch
on Saturday, May 31, CNN did the unthinkable. They didn’t bother to
actually just go full screen HD. Instead the filled the screen up …
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Launchpad Damaged During Saturday’s Shuttle Launch
By Fraser
Debris falls into the water during Discovery’s launch on Saturday. Image from CBS Space Place.The launchpad at Kennedy Space Center was damaged during Saturday’s space shuttle launch. Pictures taken during Discovery’s launch show debris …
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Shuttle Launch Damages Launch Pad
By dsyzdek
The Apollo-era launch complexes, modified for the space shuttle,
must endure enormous pressures and extreme heating when shuttles take
off but its not yet clear what caused the damage, what might be
required to fix it or whether the …
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