Tornado destroys tank
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 12:48
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NASA’s first space shuttle external tank to reach the launch pad four decades ago was destroyed on Tuesday (Feb. 7) by a tornado that impacted the New Orleans facility where it was built and stored. The tornado, which caused only a few minor injuries but left several buildings and hundreds of cars damaged, flattened the ground vibration test article (ET-GVTA) that NASA used in early tests with the prototype orbiter Enterprise, including the first rollout of a space shuttle to the launch pad.
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