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KSC-05pd-0702

NASA / KSC · 2005-04-13 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Dave Fentris (upper left) and Gary Austin , aft mechanical technicians with United Space Alliance, are attaching dome heat shields to Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) on the orbiter Atlantis in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1. The shields provide protection for the orbiter against the high temperatures generated by an SSME. The liquid hydrogen fuel is - 423 degrees Fahrenheit, the second coldest liquid on Earth.

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Credit lineKSC-05pd-0702. NASA/KSC, 2005-04-13. Public domain. ID: 05pd0702.
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