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The leaking R1U thruster forced a live safety vote with minutes to spare
A leaking R1U thruster puts Space Shuttle Discovery meters from Mir as NASA and Russian engineers race a live safety vote - did they make it in time?
The leaking R1U thruster forced a live safety vote with minutes to spare
In this episode, we lay out the tense hours after Discovery launched and a primary maneuvering thruster began venting propellant. Hear how American and Russian teams ran contingency math, weighed risks to Mir, and negotiated a joint decision while the shuttle closed to within a bus-length - could they agree before the clock ran out?
Mission: STS-63
Date: February 3, 1995…
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