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KSC01pp0442

NASA / KSC · 2001-03-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With the Rotating Service Structure rolled back, Space Shuttle Discovery is revealed, poised for launch on mission STS-102 at 6:42 a.m. EST March 8. It sits on the Mobile Launcher Platform, which straddles the flame trench below that helps deflect the intense heat of launch. Made of concrete and refractory brick, the trench is 490 feet long, 58 feet wide and 40 feet high.

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Credit lineKSC01pp0442. NASA/KSC, 2001-03-08. Public domain. ID: KSC01pp0442.

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