NASA Ships Space Shuttle Fuel Tank to New Orleans Factory
01/10/2005
ArticleAfter a series of hurricane-related delays, a space shuttle fuel tank is finally on heading back to its New Orleans factory.
The external tank, one of several to be returned to NASA’s New Orleans-based Michoud Assembly Facility from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, rode a barge out to sea Monday to begin the five-day trip.
“It’s just a signal that everything is getting back to normal,” NASA KSC spokesperson Jessica Rye told SPACE.com.