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KSC-05pd-0270
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers help guide the body flap toward the orbiter Atlantis for installation. 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.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-05pd-0270. NASA/KSC, 2005-02-14. Public domain. ID: 05pd0270.
