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KSC-05pd2537
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — The Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) of space shuttle Atlantis sits in the transfer aisle of Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 in anticipation of being installed. The FRCS provides the thrust for attitude (rotational) maneuvers (pitch, yaw and roll) and for small velocity changes along the orbiter axis (translation maneuvers). Processing of Atlantis is under way for mission STS-115, the 19th flight to the International Space Station.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-05pd2537. NASA/KSC, 2005-11-30. Public domain. ID: KSC-05pd2537.