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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers install the liquid oxygen feedline for the 17-inch disconnect on orbiter Discovery. The 17-inch liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen disconnects provide the propellant feed interface from the external tank to the orbiter main propulsion system and the three Shuttle main engines.
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Nov 11, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers install the liquid oxygen feedline for the 17-inch disconnect on orbiter Discovery. The 17-inch liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen disconnects provide the propellant feed interface from the external tank to the orbiter main propulsion system and the three Shuttle main engines.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers install the liquid oxygen feedline for the...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility insert the liquid oxygen feedline for the 17-inch disconnect in the orbiter Discovery.  The 17-inch liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen disconnects provide the propellant feed interface from the external tank to the orbiter main propulsion system and the three Shuttle main engines.
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Nov 11, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility insert the liquid oxygen feedline for the 17-inch disconnect in the orbiter Discovery. The 17-inch liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen disconnects provide the propellant feed interface from the external tank to the orbiter main propulsion system and the three Shuttle main engines.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility insert the liquid oxygen feedline for the...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers install the liquid oxygen feedline for the 17-inch disconnect on orbiter Discovery. The 17-inch liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen disconnects provide the propellant feed interface from the external tank to the orbiter main propulsion system and the three Shuttle main engines.
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Nov 11, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers install the liquid oxygen feedline for the 17-inch disconnect on orbiter Discovery. The 17-inch liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen disconnects provide the propellant feed interface from the external tank to the orbiter main propulsion system and the three Shuttle main engines.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers install the liquid oxygen feedline for the...

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NASA image: STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, rises above KSC LC Pad 39A during liftoff
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Jul 8, 1994

STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, rises above KSC LC Pad 39A during liftoff

Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, rises above Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A after liftoff...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd2374
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Aug 30, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A Lockheed Martin external tank technician from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd0615
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Apr 13, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers work on the rim around...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd0616
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Apr 13, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers check the rim around...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd1272
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Apr 28, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building, the external tank is loaded onto the barge...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd1262
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Apr 27, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The vertically suspended external tank is lowered toward a transporter in the transfer...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd1261
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Apr 27, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The vertically suspended external tank is lowered toward a transporter in the transfer...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd1265
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Apr 27, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An external tank is lowered toward a transporter in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd1264
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Apr 27, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An external tank is lowered into a horizontal position in the transfer aisle of the...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd1266
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Apr 27, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An external tank is lowered toward a transporter in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd1260
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Apr 27, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This view of an external tank in the Vehicle Assembly Building shows the connection...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd1267
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Apr 28, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - The external tank seen here exits the Vehicle Assembly Building via transporter. The...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd1263
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Apr 27, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An external tank is lowered into a horizontal position in the transfer aisle of the...

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NASA image: KSC-05pd2332
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Oct 13, 2005

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - One of the operators of the external tank transporter sits on the side of the vehicle....

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NASA image: KSC-99pp0199
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Feb 9, 1999

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An external tank is suspended in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd2454
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Sep 14, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Tugboats tow the Pegasus barge, with its cargo of external tank No. 125, on the Banana...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd2453
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Sep 14, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Pegasus barge passes through the haulover canal on the Banana River with its cargo...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd2452
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Sep 14, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Tugboats guide the Pegasus barge carrying external tank No. 125 in the Banana River...

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NASA image: Technicians inspect external tank attachment fittings on the Space Shuttle Discovery as part of its post-flight processing at NASA DFRC
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Aug 12, 2005

Technicians inspect external tank attachment fittings on the Space Shuttle Discovery as part of its post-flight processing at NASA DFRC

Robert 'Skip' Garrett; main propulsion advanced systems technician, and Chris Jacobs; main propulsion systems...

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Sep 26, 2002

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A closeup view of the camera mounted on the external tank of Space Shuttle Atlantis....

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Sep 26, 2002

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A closeup view of the camera mounted on the external tank of Space Shuttle Atlantis....

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