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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers inside the openings for the Space Shuttle Main Engines reach out to install the body flap, suspended behind the orbiter Atlantis. 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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