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KSC-81PC-0058
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Flames shoot from the nozzles of Space Shuttle Columbia's three main engines during the successful 20-second static firing which capped a formal rehearsal for the maiden flight of Columbia, scheduled for early April. Remotely-operated cameras inside the pad perimeter snapped closeup views of the milestone event, which took place at 8:45 a.m. on February 20, 1981. The three main engines reach 100 percent power -- over 1 million pounds of thrust -- during the test.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-81PC-0058. NASA/KSC, 1981-02-20. Public domain. ID: 81PC0058.
