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KSC-04pd1034
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers attach Atlantis’ Rudder Speed Brake panel to a stand after removing the panel from the vertical tail. 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-04pd1034. NASA/KSC, 2004-05-04. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd1034.
