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KSC-04pd1025
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In the Orbiter Processing Facility, a technician looks at the Rudder Speed Brake panel on the vertical tail of orbiter Atlantis. The Rudder Speed Brake is being removed for inspection and maintenance prior to Return to Flight. The vertical tail consists of a structural fin surface made of aluminum, the Rudder Speed Brake surface, a tip and a lower trailing edge. The rudder splits into two halves to serve as a speed brake.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-04pd1025. NASA/KSC, 2004-05-04. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd1025.
