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FLIGHT MANAGEMENT TEAM BRIFING FOR FOAM FRAGMENT FROM FUEL TANK

External Tank Manager John Chapman, right, responds to questions during a press conference concerning a piece of insulation foam that cracked on the External Fuel Tank at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 3, 2006. At left is Flight Operations Integration Manager John Shannon. (UPI Photo/Joe Marino/Bill Cantrell)

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