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KSC-81pc-0057
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Flames shot from the nozzles of the Space Shuttle's three engines during the successful 20-second static firing, which capped a formal rehearsal for the maiden flight of Columbia, scheduled for early April. The milestone event took place at 8:45 a.m. on Feb. 20, 1981. The three main engines reached 100 percent power - over 1 million pounds of thrust - during the test. Holddown bolts secured the vehicle to its mobile launcher platform.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-81pc-0057. NASA/KSC, 1981-02-20. Public domain. ID: 81PC0057.
