Why NASA Stopped Painting the Space Shuttle's Fuel Tank
Published November 5, 2026
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31,358
Likes
510
Comments
32
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For its first two flights in 1981, the Space Shuttle's external tank was painted white. The latex paint covered the foam insulation to shield it from the Sun's ultraviolet light on the launch pad. The foam kept the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen cold, limited boil-off and stopped ice from forming, about 1 in (2.5 cm…
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How Why NASA Stopped Painting the Space Shuttle's Fuel Tank is doing
It has 31.3K views in total. It ranks #15,004,811 among tracked YouTube videos by views.
Key facts about Why NASA Stopped Painting the Space Shuttle's Fuel Tank
- Total views
- 31.3K
- Total likes
- 510
- Total comments
- 32
- Published
- November 5, 2026
- Global rank by views
- #15,004,811
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