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KSC-2013-2152
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, the nose cap and part of the forward reaction control system is uncovered as construction crews begin removing 16,000 square feet of plastic shrink-wrap from the space shuttle Atlantis. The spacecraft was enclosed in the plastic shrink-wrap since November of last year to protect the artifact from dust and debris during construction of the 90,000-square-foot facility.
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Credit lineKSC-2013-2152. NASA/KSC, 2013-04-25. Public domain. ID: 2013-2152.
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