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English: The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on reentry because a block of foam fell from the External Tank onto the reinforced carbon-carbon wing-leading edge of the Space Shuttle. After the disintegration, engineers demonstrated the damage that could be wrought by a small block of foam, and the panels ruined during the demonstrations, along with a block of foam, are on display at the U.S. Space and Rocket Centre.
Date 29 September 2012, 11:36:07
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Author James E. Scarborough

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34° 42′ 40.02″ N, 86° 39′ 13.96″ W

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