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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers on the floor get ready to install the body flap on the orbiter Atlantis, behind them. The body flap is an aluminum structure consisting of ribs, spars, skin panels and a trailing edge assembly. It thermally shields the three Space Shuttle Main Engines during entry and provides the orbiter with pitch control trim during its atmospheric flight after entry.
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