Inside KSC News Feeds
06-13-2008, 11:30 AM
At about 10:50 a.m. EDT, Capcom Terry Virts told Discovery Commander Mark Kelly that analysis of imagery is ongoing, and the object that floated away from the shuttle appears to be "a clip from inside the rudder speed brake, where the sides come together." Mission Control will continue to analyze the imagery and compare it to ground pictures, before making a definite conclusion. A loss of the clip would not cause concern for re-entry and landing.