In-flight image taken in 1994 of thermal tile damage on one of the pods protecting the space shuttle Endeavour's Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS). Damaged tiles on the super-heated underside of Columbia may have led to the destruction of the space plane and loss of its crew. CREDIT: NASA

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