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  NASA astronauts miss 40 tiles in heat shield inspection

  NASA disclosed today that an investigation earlier this week that found multiple dings in the space shuttle Atlantis' heat shield must be restarted because about 40 tiles were missed.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 15 May, 2009 08:08

  Tags: atlantis, hubble, NASA

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  NASA shuttle crew uses robotic arm to inspect for damage

  The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis is using the NASA vehicle's robotic arm to determine whether the spacecraft's heat shield was damaged during yesterday's blast off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 13 May, 2009 08:26

  Tags: atlantis, NASA, robotics

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  NASA investigating damage to heat shield of shuttle Atlantis

  An outer space inspection of the heat shield on the NASA space shuttle Atlantis has found multiple dings in critical outer tiles.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 13 May, 2009 08:21

  Tags: atlantis, NASA