"Just hang on and hope that you get through the clouds before the seal fails."

The Challenger was launched on a cold day, and those seals failed with catastrophic results.

"That seal to their banished land finally failed, though," Nathan reminded her.

Rust, and ice from frozen oxygen, stained the hull where seals had failed.

If the cavity is drained of liquid, then the secondary seal has failed.

"You are aware that the seals failed these men, correct?"

For that matter, it wouldn't be the first time a seal had failed in service, particularly on a new vessel.

Once a seal fails, hot gas will erode the escape path and result in failure.

Time would not allow this and the seal quickly failed once the trial runs were restarted.

The seal around the shaft, subjected to wear, tear and temperatures not present in a kitchen, usually fails after a few years.