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2. File:Space Shuttle Enterprise 747 takeoff.ogv - Wikipedia

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   Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 21:44, 4 May 2005: 28 s, 320 × 240 (2.88 MB): Brian0918: This video begins with early morning shots of the Space Shuttle and the SCA being moved out of the shuttle mate-demate device, and follows the two vehicles as they taxi and take off from Edwards Air Force Base, Edwards, California. 1977.

3. Space Shuttle - Wikipedia

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   The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) carried the propellant for the Space Shuttle Main Engines, and connected the orbiter vehicle with the solid rocket boosters. The ET was 47 m (153.8 ft) tall and 8.4 m (27.6 ft) in diameter, and contained separate tanks for liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.

4. List of Space Shuttle missions - Wikipedia

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   The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. [ 1 ]

5. Launch status check - Wikipedia

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   For Space Shuttle missions, in the firing room at the Launch Control Center, the NASA Test Director (NTD) performed this check via a voice communications link with other NASA personnel. The NTD was the leader of the shuttle test team responsible for directing and integrating all flight crew, orbiter, external tank/solid rocket booster and ...

6. Shuttle Carrier Aircraft - Wikipedia

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   The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy was considered for the shuttle-carrier role by NASA but rejected in favor of the 747. This was due to the 747's low-wing design in comparison to the C-5's high-wing design, and also because the U.S. Air Force would have retained ownership of the C-5, while NASA could own the 747s outright.

7. Rocket sled launch - Wikipedia

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   Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War is a video game that features a mission requiring a rocket sled site to be defended from an air raid during a launch. Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack shows a rocket sled was used to assist in the takeoff of the civilian space shuttle.

8. Lions, already decimated on defense, lose 2 cornerbacks to ...

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   The Detroit Lions' injury woes on defense continued Sunday, with the team losing two cornerbacks in the first half of their 48-42 loss to the Buffalo Bills.Carlton Davis III and Khalil Dorsey were ...

9. Approach and Landing Tests - Wikipedia

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   The Space Shuttle program originated in the late 1960s as an attempt to reduce the cost of spaceflight by introducing a reusable spacecraft. The final agreed design would feature a reusable spaceplane , a disposable external tank and reusable solid-fuel rocket boosters .