Image: Space Shuttle external tank foam block

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Description: The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on reentry because a block of foam fell from the External Tank onto the reinforced carbon-carbon wing-leading edge of the Space Shuttle. After the disintegration, engineers demonstrated the damage that could be wrought by a small block of foam, and the panels ruined during the demonstrations, along with a block of foam, are on display at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
Title: Space Shuttle external tank foam block
Credit: Own work
Author: James E. Scarborough
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