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 ...

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 ...

In the aftermath of the Columbia shuttle accident, NASA has conducted a series of impact tests to determine if a piece of loose foam could have caused a wing breach that eventually lead to the shuttle ...

SAN ANTONIO — Thunderstorms sweeping across Texas scuttled Columbia accident investigators’ plan Thursday to fire a piece of foam at space shuttle wing parts to test their theory of what destroyed the ...

OCALA, FL–E-ONE, a subsidiary of REV Group and a manufacturer of fire apparatus, announced that its patented ECOLOGIC® mobile cart foam test system has been approved and recommended by the Federal ...