The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) reported the initial foam impact test on the Enterprise’s fiberglass leading edge panel showed significant effects. The foam struck the lower left wing ...

A chunk of foam fired at high speed cracked a pair of space shuttle wing parts Friday, offering what investigators said was the most powerful evidence yet to support the theory that a piece of the ...

Foam Jars T-Seal The first shuttle external tank foam impact tests against simulated Columbia leading edge panels on May 29 knocked loose a T-seal opening a 22-in.-long gap in the simulated wing ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A chunk of hard insulating foam that was fired at a space shuttle wing panel during a test Friday shattered on impact, leaving dark streaks and what appeared to be foam bits ...

Investigators believe impact testing has proved that Space Shuttle Columbia's wing leading-edge was damaged after lift-off by insulation foam shed from the external tank. In a test on 7 July, a 0.76kg ...