The shuttle is essentially a glider during the hour-long decent from orbit toward the landing strip. It is covered by about 20,000 thermal tiles to protect against temperatures as high as 1,648 degrees centigrade.
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Seven die in shuttle catastrophe
CLOSE TO HOME Initial investigations focused on a piece of debris that was thought to have damaged the left wing of the `Columbia' when it took off 18 days ago
AP , CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
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