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  • "During a pad "walkdown" Sunday evening, inspectors found a crack on the shuttle's external fuel tank near a bracket that holds an oxygen feedline in place.

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: July 2006 Archives 2006

  • "During a pad "walkdown" Sunday evening, inspectors found a crack on the shuttle's external fuel tank near a bracket that holds an oxygen feedline in place.

    NASA Watch: Shuttle News: July 2006 Archives 2006

  • NASA has released the first-ever up close, high-definition video of Kennedy Space Center's Final Inspection Team walkdown in the final hours before a space shuttle launch.

    NASA Watch: News: May 2010 Archives 2010

  • NASA has released the first-ever up close, high-definition video of Kennedy Space Center's Final Inspection Team walkdown in the final hours before a space shuttle launch.

    NASA Watch: Marc Boucher: May 2010 Archives 2010

  • "The bat eventually became 'Interim Problem Report 119V-0080' after the ICE team finished their walkdown," the memo said.

    a true American hero hradzka 2009

  • Her sister, the wiser of the two, did her usual cooling walkdown right past us, and circled around the truck.

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003

  • FOD walkdown is conducted at least once a day on board an aircraft carrier.

    Hellfire Douglass, Keith 2002

  • FOD walkdown is conducted at least once a day onboard an aircraft carrier.

    Typhoon Season Douglass, Keith 2000

  • FOD walkdown is conducted at least once a day onboard an aircraft carrier.

    Joint Operations Douglass, Keith 2000

  • James W. Norvelle, a Dominion spokesman, said an initial "walkdown" had found some thermal insulation shaken off pipes carrying steam or hot water and damage to some electrical conductors on top of a transformer, but no other damage.

    NYT > Home Page By MATTHEW L. WALD 2011

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  • A walkdown is an inspection or observation done by visiting the areas and items of interest, often for a specific purpose.

    November 8, 2016