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August 21, 2015

NASA Considers Using Old Water Tanks in New ISS Storage System
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 21, 2015
NASA's Space Shuttle program ended in 2011, with Atlantis having been the last American shuttle to fly into space in July 2011 as part of the 135th and final US shuttle mission. "We can confirm that we are removing the tanks from [space shuttle] Endeavour this week. They, along with the ones from space shuttle Atlantis which were removed in May 2015, could potentially be used in a new Water Storage System for the ISS," Daniel Huot from NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) told RIA Novosti on Wednesda ... read more

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