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Another shuttle gijinka portrait! Columbia, the eldest sister. 🚀

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At full power, the Space Shuttle main engine's high-pressure fuel turbopump generated about 77,000 horsepower, spinning at more than 37,000 rpm. The engine gets the attention, but its fuel pump is striking spaceflight machinery in its own right.

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Forty-one years ago today, on October 3, 1985, Space Shuttle Atlantis made its first launch on STS-51-J, a classified military mission. Commander Karol Bobko became the first astronaut to fly on three different shuttle orbiters.

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to the stars ✨🚀🌌

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975 days after the Challenger disaster, Discovery launched STS-26 on September 29, 1988. All five crew members were veterans, the first all-veteran U.S. crew since Apollo 11. Discovery landed safely on October 3, 1988.

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#Canadarm2 launched to the #ISS in April 2001 on #SpaceShuttle Endeavour. Its nominal design lifetime was 15 years.

There could be serious implications for cargo 📦 missions, especially with #SpaceX planning to retire the #Dragon […]

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From the vault, a photo of a Space Shuttle launch, looking like a brilliant sunrise.

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Enterprise flew on its own for just 5 minutes 34 seconds after 51 minutes 12 seconds atop its 747 carrier. On 23 September 1977, Fred Haise and C. Gordon Fullerton glided it from 24,700 feet to the Edwards AFB lakebed, tail cone still on.

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STS-51: Discovery's main engines ignited, then shut down at T-3 seconds on August 12, 1993 — faulty fuel flow sensor on main engine #2. Discovery lifted off September 12 at 7:45 a.m. EDT and landed September 22 at 3:56 a.m. EDT. #SpaceShuttle #Discovery #STS51 #NASA

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Discovery launched STS-64 on September nine, nineteen ninety-four. On September sixteen, Mark Lee and Carl Meade flew free of the orbiter testing the SAFER jetpack. First untethered spacewalk since nineteen eighty-four, and the program's last. #SpaceShuttle #STS64 #Spacewalk