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KSC-04pd1089
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — A Rudder Speed Brake Actuator is being removed from the orbiter Atlantis for shipment to the vendor for inspection. An actuator is a motor that moves the tail rudder back and forth to help steer it during landing and brake its speed. 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-04pd1089. NASA/KSC, 2004-05-07. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd1089.
