Public domain
KSC-06pd2166
From the collection of NASA Image and Video Library. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, technicians on the Hyster forklift are ready to install main engine No. 3 on Discovery. The main engine configuration is manufactured by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, Calif., and includes a Pratt & Whitney high-pressure fuel turbo pump. Each space shuttle main engine is 14 feet long, weighs about 6,700 pounds, and is 7.5 feet in diameter at the end of the nozzle.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineKSC-06pd2166. NASA/KSC, 2006-09-13. Public domain. ID: KSC-06pd2166.
