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Main Engines Are Installed o
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Three main engines are insta
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1/1/94
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Three main engines are installed on the Space Shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Space Shuttle Main Eengine is the most reliable and highly tested large rocket engine ever built. Using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as fuel, each shuttle main engine can generate between 305,000 and 512,300 pounds of thrust. The SSME's high-performance fuel turbopump generates 77,310 horsepower and its liquid oxygen turbopump produces 29,430 horsepower. |
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1/1/94 |
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Tank Gets a Lift
In the transfer aisle of Ken
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12/5/08
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In the transfer aisle of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building external fuel tank 130 is lifted off its transporter. The tank will be raised to vertical and lifted into high bay 2 for checkout before stacking with the solid rocket boosters and space shuttle Atlantis for the STS-125 mission. |
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12/5/08 |
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Tank Gets a Lift
In the transfer aisle of Ken
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12/5/08
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In the transfer aisle of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building external fuel tank 130 is lifted off its transporter. The tank will be raised to vertical and lifted into high bay 2 for checkout before stacking with the solid rocket boosters and space shuttle Atlantis for the STS-125 mission. |
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12/5/08 |
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Tank Checkout
Suspended by a crane in Kenn
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12/5/08
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Suspended by a crane in Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building external fuel tank 130 is moved into high bay 2 for checkout before stacking with the solid rocket boosters and space shuttle Atlantis for the STS-125 mission. |
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12/5/08 |
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Tank Checkout
Suspended by a crane in Kenn
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12/5/08
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Suspended by a crane in Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building external fuel tank 130 is moved into high bay 2 for checkout before stacking with the solid rocket boosters and space shuttle Atlantis for the STS-125 mission. |
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12/5/08 |
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STS-125 Crew at the Hatch
Inside the White Room on Lau
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4/3/09
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Inside the White Room on Launch Pad 39A, STS-125 crew members get ready to affix the mission logo to the entrance into space shuttle Atlantis. Clockwise from left front are Pilot Gregory C. Johnson, Mission Specialists Michael Good and Megan McArthur, Commander Scott Altman, and Mission Specialists Mike Massimino and John Grunsfeld. |
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4/3/09 |
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STS-125 Crew at the Hatch
Inside the White Room on Lau
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4/3/09
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Inside the White Room on Launch Pad 39A, STS-125 crew members get ready to affix the mission logo to the entrance into space shuttle Atlantis. Clockwise from left front are Pilot Gregory C. Johnson, Mission Specialists Michael Good and Megan McArthur, Commander Scott Altman, and Mission Specialists Mike Massimino and John Grunsfeld. |
| Date |
4/3/09 |
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Shuttle Education
In Orbiter Processing Facili
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01/19/10
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In Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the STS-130 crew view a demonstration on the maintenance of space shuttle Endeavour's thermal protection system. From left are: Mission Specialist Kathryn Hire, Commander George Zamka, Mission Specialist Nicolas Patrick and Pilot Terry Virts. Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett |
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01/19/10 |
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Up, Up, and Away!
From Launch Pad 39A at NASA'
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5/13/09
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From Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis roars into the sky on a column of fire on the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Photo courtesy of Scott Andrews May 11, 2009 |
| Date |
5/13/09 |
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VAB Arrival
Space shuttle Atlantis rolls
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3/23/09
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Space shuttle Atlantis rolls into the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From the transfer aisle, Atlantis will be lifted into High Bay 3 and joined to the solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank already installed on the mobile launcher platform. |
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3/23/09 |
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VAB Arrival
Space shuttle Atlantis rolls
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3/23/09
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Space shuttle Atlantis rolls into the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From the transfer aisle, Atlantis will be lifted into High Bay 3 and joined to the solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank already installed on the mobile launcher platform. |
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3/23/09 |
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Going Up!
In the Vehicle Assembly Buil
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3/25/09
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In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis is moved toward High Bay 3 where the top of its external fuel tank can be seen. In the bay, the shuttle will be lowered and joined with the external tank and solid rocket boosters on the mobile launcher platform. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston March 24, 2009 |
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3/25/09 |
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To the Pad
In the early morning hours,
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3/31/09
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In the early morning hours, space shuttle Atlantis rolls out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building. |
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3/31/09 |
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To the Pad
In the early morning hours,
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3/31/09
| Description |
In the early morning hours, space shuttle Atlantis rolls out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building. |
| Date |
3/31/09 |
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Go Atlantis!
The gate to Launch Pad 39A a
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3/31/09
| Description |
The gate to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida welcomes space shuttle Atlantis onto the pad mound after rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion was at 3:54 a.m. EDT and Atlantis was secured on the pad at 11:17 a.m. The 3.4-mile trip took about seven-and-a-half hours. |
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3/31/09 |
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Go Atlantis!
The gate to Launch Pad 39A a
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3/31/09
| Description |
The gate to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida welcomes space shuttle Atlantis onto the pad mound after rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion was at 3:54 a.m. EDT and Atlantis was secured on the pad at 11:17 a.m. The 3.4-mile trip took about seven-and-a-half hours. |
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3/31/09 |
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Into the Clouds
Creating an image of a centu
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5/13/09
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Creating an image of a century plant in bloom, space shuttle Atlantis trails a column of fire and smoke as it races into space on the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis' 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state-of-the-art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. Photo courtesy of Scott Andrews May 11, 2009 |
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5/13/09 |
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New Lightning Tower Stands a
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On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's
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1/26/09
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On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane completes construction of the second tower in the new lightning protection system for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches. Each of the three new lighting towers will be 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire catenary system. This improved lightning protection system allows for the taller height of the Ares 1 rocket compared to the space shuttle. Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including the Ares 1-X test flight that is targeted for July 2009. |
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1/26/09 |
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Final New Lightning Tower St
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On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's
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2/11/09
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On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane completes construction of the third and final tower in the new lightning protection system for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches. Each of the three lightning towers will be 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire catenary system. This improved lightning protection system allows for the taller height of the Ares 1 rocket compared to the space shuttle. Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including the Ares 1-X test flight that is targeted for July 2009. |
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2/11/09 |
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Final New Lightning Tower St
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On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's
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2/11/09
| Description |
On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane completes construction of the third and final tower in the new lightning protection system for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches. Each of the three lightning towers will be 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire catenary system. This improved lightning protection system allows for the taller height of the Ares 1 rocket compared to the space shuttle. Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including the Ares 1-X test flight that is targeted for July 2009. |
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2/11/09 |
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Awaiting Liftoff
Space shuttle Atlantis atop
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4/21/09
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Space shuttle Atlantis atop the mobile launcher platform sits on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At left is the Vehicle Assembly Building. The shuttle waits the arrival of the payload canister with its cargo of Hubble Space Telescope equipment. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis April 17, 2009 |
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4/21/09 |
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To the OPF
Space shuttle Atlantis is to
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6/5/09
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Space shuttle Atlantis is towed toward Orbiter Processing Facility 1. Atlantis was demated from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft via the mate/demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller June 3, 2009 |
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6/5/09 |
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Thousands gather to watch a
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Approximately 13,000 people
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4/21/01
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Approximately 13,000 people fill the grounds at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center for the first-ever evening public engine test of a Space Shuttle Main Engine. The test marked Stennis Space Center's 20th anniversary celebration of the first Space Shuttle mission. |
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4/21/01 |
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Space Shuttle Main Engine Te
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NASA's John C. Stennis Space
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1/1/96
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NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss., is NASA's lead center for rocket propulsion testing. Stennis Space Center tests all main engines that power the Space Shuttle into low-Earth orbit. Shown here is a test firing of a powerful main engine on the B-1 test stand at Stennis. |
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1/1/96 |
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Mission STS-125 Begins
Atop twin columns of fire, s
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5/13/09
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Atop twin columns of fire, space shuttle Atlantis roars into the cloudy sky above Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the STS-125 mission. Photo credit: NASA/Michael Gayle-Rusty Backer May 11, 2009 |
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5/13/09 |
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Lowered Into Position
In the Vehicle Assembly Buil
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1/27/09
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In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the external fuel tank is lowered between the solid rocket boosters installed on the mobile launcher platform in high bay 3. The tank and boosters will be attached for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 Hubble Telescope servicing mission targeted to launch May 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller January 15, 2009 |
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1/27/09 |
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Super Bowl XLIV Game Coin wh
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Members of the STS-129 shutt
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01/27/2010
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Members of the STS-129 shuttle  mission present a specially minted silver medallion to National Football League officials on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The coin, which was flown in space during the November flight of Atlantis, will be used for the official coin toss prior to the kickoff of Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. |
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01/27/2010 |
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Today's Journey Completed
In high bay 3 of Kennedy's V
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10/20/08
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In high bay 3 of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building, space shuttle Atlantis comes to rest after its six-hour journey from Launch Pad 39A. |
| Date |
10/20/08 |
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Today's Journey Completed
In high bay 3 of Kennedy's V
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10/20/08
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In high bay 3 of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building, space shuttle Atlantis comes to rest after its six-hour journey from Launch Pad 39A. |
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10/20/08 |
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Next Stop, VAB
On its transporter, space sh
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3/23/09
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On its transporter, space shuttle Atlantis rolls toward Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building after leaving Orbiter Processing Facility. In the VAB, Atlantis will be lifted into High Bay 3 and joined to the solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank already installed on the mobile launcher platform. |
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3/23/09 |
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Next Stop, VAB
On its transporter, space sh
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3/23/09
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On its transporter, space shuttle Atlantis rolls toward Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building after leaving Orbiter Processing Facility. In the VAB, Atlantis will be lifted into High Bay 3 and joined to the solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank already installed on the mobile launcher platform. |
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3/23/09 |
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Close-up of a Space Shuttle
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A remote camera captures a c
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1/1/81
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A remote camera captures a close-up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss. |
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1/1/81 |
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Main Engines Power the Space
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Before NASA launches a Space
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1/1/94
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Before NASA launches a Space Shuttle, its systems must be put through critical tests on the ground to their flight readiness. The three main engines are critical components of the Space Shuttle. All main engines are tested at Stennis Space Center before being flown on the orbiter. |
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1/1/94 |
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Space Shuttle Main Engine Fl
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A Space Shuttle Main Engine
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1/1/96
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A Space Shuttle Main Engine is being lowered onto its handler before its journey to the test complex at Stennis Space Center. This building is where partially assembled Space Shuttle Main Engines are received and prepared for testing. |
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1/1/96 |
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Stennis Tests All Space Shut
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Before NASA launches a Space
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1/1/96
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Before NASA launches a Space Shuttle, all systems are put through ground tests to prove their flight readiness. Stennis Space Center tests all Space Shuttle Main Engines on the ground to ensure that the three main engines will perform as expected during the orbiter's 8 1/2 minute flight. |
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1/1/96 |
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Back to the Beginning
Space shuttle Atlantis rolls
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6/5/09
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Space shuttle Atlantis rolls toward the open doors of Orbiter Processing Facility 1. Atlantis was demated from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, via the mate/demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility. After its May 24 landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, which concluded its STS-125 mission, the modified Boeing 747 SCA carried the shuttle on a two-day ferry flight from Edwards to Kennedy beginning June 1. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller June 3, 2009 |
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6/5/09 |
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CCPL Reading Program Winners
The grand prizes for the Cuy
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12/1/08
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The grand prizes for the Cuyahoga County Public Library (CCPL) Imagine and Explore 2008 Summer Reading Program Game were awarded during Glenn's Star Gazing event at the Visitor Center on Sept. 20. NASA Glenn co-sponsored the summer program, which drew over 30,000 people of all ages. Grand prize winner, Crystal Davis, 11, of Bedford, received four VIP passes to view a space shuttle launch and a behind-the-scenes private tour. Allison McKenna, 10, of Bay Village, won the runner-up prize of an 80mm telescope. Pictured, left to right, Dr. Howard Ross, acting director of Glenn's External Programs, Jeanne Sapir, manager, CCPL Bedford Branch, Davis, Madeline Brookshire, CCPL marketing director, McKenna, and Mack Thomas, public affairs specialist, Glenn Community and Media Relations. Photo courtesy of Billy Bass Photography |
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12/1/08 |
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Payload Transferred to Atlan
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On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's
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4/27/09
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On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers install the equipment and hardware needed to service the Hubble Space Telescope into space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller April 22, 2009 |
| Date |
4/27/09 |
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Atlantis Launches!
Under a dry, hot, cloud-wash
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5/13/09
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Under a dry, hot, cloud-washed Florida sky, space shuttle Atlantis roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with its crew of seven for a rendezvous with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The launch was on-time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Photo credit: NASA/Fletcher Hildreth May 11, 2009 |
| Date |
5/13/09 |
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Liftoff!
White clouds of smoke and st
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5/11/09
| Description |
White clouds of smoke and steam sandwich space shuttle Atlantis as it roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy space Center in Florida with its crew of seven for a rendezvous with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Photo credit: NASA/Fletcher Hildreth May 11, 2009 |
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5/11/09 |
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Space Shuttle Main Engine te
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A cloud of hot steam boils o
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1/1/88
| Description |
A cloud of hot steam boils out of the flame deflector at the A-1 test stand during a test firing of a Space Shuttle Main Engine in 1988 during the NASA Return to Flight program. |
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1/1/88 |
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Close Look at Payload
In space shuttle Atlantis' p
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4/29/09
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In space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay STS-125 crew members take a final close look at the hardware for the Hubble servicing mission. The payload bay holds four carriers of equipment that include the Wide Field Camera 3, Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, the Soft Capture Mechanism and replacement gyroscopes and batteries. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett April 28, 2009 |
| Date |
4/29/09 |
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Tank Gets a Lift
In the transfer aisle of Ken
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1/27/09
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In the transfer aisle of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building external fuel tank 130 is lifted off its transporter. The tank will be raised to vertical and lifted into high bay 2 for checkout before stacking with the solid rocket boosters and space shuttle Atlantis for the STS-125 mission. Photo credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs December 5, 2008 |
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1/27/09 |
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Tank Checkout
Suspended by a crane in Kenn
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1/27/09
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Suspended by a crane in Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building external fuel tank 130 is moved into high bay 2 for checkout before stacking with the solid rocket boosters and space shuttle Atlantis for the STS-125 mission. Photo credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs December 5, 2008 |
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1/27/09 |
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STS-125 Crew at the Hatch
Inside the White Room on Lau
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4/7/09
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Inside the White Room on Launch Pad 39A, STS-125 crew members get ready to affix the mission logo to the entrance into space shuttle Atlantis. Clockwise from left front are Pilot Gregory C. Johnson, Mission Specialists Michael Good and Megan McArthur, Commander Scott Altman, and Mission Specialists Mike Massimino and John Grunsfeld. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston April 3, 2009 |
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4/7/09 |
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Return to Flight SSME loaded
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On Oct. 5, 2004, SSC shipped
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10/4/04
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On Oct. 5, 2004, SSC shipped the last of the three Space Shuttle Main Engines to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for installation on Space Shuttle Discovery for STS-114, NASA's Return to Flight mission. |
| Date |
10/4/04 |
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Space Shuttle Main Engine Pu
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A new NASA Space Shuttle Mai
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7/25/00
| Description |
A new NASA Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) roars to the approval of more than 2,000 people who came to John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss., on July 25 for a flight-certification test of the SSME Block II configuration. The engine, a new and significantly upgraded shuttle engine, was delivered to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for use on future shuttle missions. Spectators were able to experience the "shake, rattle and roar" of the engine, which ran for 520 seconds - the length of time it takes a shuttle to reach orbit. |
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7/25/00 |
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Last SSME test on A-1
The Stennis Space Center con
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9/29/06
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The Stennis Space Center conducted the final space shuttle main engine test on its A-1 Test Stand Friday. The A-1 Test Stand was the site of the first test on a shuttle main engine in 1975. Stennis will continue testing shuttle main engines on its A-2 Test Stand through the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2010. The A-1 stand begins a new chapter in its operational history in October. It will be temporarily decommissioned to convert it for testing the J-2X engine, which will power the upper stage of NASA's new crew launch vehicle, the Ares I. Although this ends the stand's work on the Space Shuttle Program, it will soon be used for the rocket that will carry America's next generation human spacecraft, Orion. |
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9/29/06 |
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Stennis certifies final shut
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Steam blasts out of the A-2
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10/22/08
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Steam blasts out of the A-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center on Oct. 22 as engineers begin a certification test on engine 2061, the last space shuttle main flight engine scheduled to be built. Since 1975, Stennis has tested every space shuttle main engine used in the program - about 50 engines in all. Those engines have powered more than 120 shuttle missions - and no mission has failed as a result of engine malfunction. For the remainder of 2008 and throughout 2009, Stennis will continue testing of various space shuttle main engine components. |
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10/22/08 |
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Stennis certifies final shut
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Steam blasts out of the A-2
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10/22/08
| Description |
Steam blasts out of the A-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center on Oct. 22 as engineers begin a certification test on engine 2061, the last space shuttle main flight engine scheduled to be built. Since 1975, Stennis has tested every space shuttle main engine used in the program - about 50 engines in all. Those engines have powered more than 120 shuttle missions - and no mission has failed as a result of engine malfunction. For the remainder of 2008 and throughout 2009, Stennis will continue testing of various space shuttle main engine components. |
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10/22/08 |
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