Discovery Shuttle Disaster
The near disaster of the space shuttle Discovery occured when a piece of foam insulation broke loose from the shuttle. Had the piece of foam hit the discovery it could have been a disaster similar to the Columbia disaster in January 2003.

Discovery Shuttle Disaster Facts:

The Discovery shuttle disaster in which the Discovery lost a chunk of foam insulation occured in July 2005.

- Space Shuttle Steve

NASA suspended all future space shuttle flights pending investigation of the July 2005 Discovery shuttle incident.

- Tim

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