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Ref : S08377
Theme :
Testings - Satellites - Probes - Rockets (2314 images)
Title : A new block 2 engine is ready for its move to Orbiter Processing Facility bay
Caption :
(04/25/2001) -- A new block 2 engine is ready for its move to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3. There it will be installed on the orbiter Atlantis, on mission STS-104, for its first flight. The Block II Main Engine configuration is manufactured by Boeing Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, Calif., and includes a new Pratt & Whitney high-pressure fuel turbo pump. Engine improvements are managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Each Space Shuttle Main Engine is 14 feet (4.3 meters) long, weighs about 7,000 pounds (3,175 kilograms), and is 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) in diameter at the end of the nozzle
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