KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson congratulates Rick Beckwith, with the Flow Liner Inspection & Repair team. Nelson presented gold seal Senate certificates to the team for their work on finding the cracks in orbiter flow liners and repairing them. Other team members behind Nelson are Mike Young (center) and Jerry Gouding (right). Not pictured are Tony Nesotas and David Strait. Strait first spotted the fuel-line crack; Goudy performed arc welding on one of Atlantis' flow liners.
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date August 28, 2002