Stories Related to Nasa Used Kitchen Aluminum Foil To Save A Legendary Space Mission

Buzz60, USA Today: Tech
Wed, 09/27/2017 - 8:49am

For all of NASA’s high tech advancements, it may surprise you to know that the agency used regular kitchen aluminum foil to save one of its most famous missions. Josh King has the story (@abridgetoland).        

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