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Topic: Photo of the week 702 (April 7, 2018)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 04-07-2018 02:45 AM
   
 Endeavour undergoes a 22-second firing of its three main engines at Launch Pad 39B on April 6, 1991, a month before its maiden flight. The test began at 11:12 a.m. EDT, following a short delay caused by a blown fuse in the Mobile Launcher Platform. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 04-07-2018 03:22 AM
Great picture of reusable liquid oxygen/hydrogen engines with a 100% success at work. Unbelievable that the engines are being modified to be used on SLS and then dumped into the ocean... |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3120
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 04-07-2018 08:51 AM
At least they are being used again. While I greatly appreciated the opportunity to see the Saturn V on display at KSC, I wish it had been used to launch astronauts to the Moon (or Skylab 2). |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 04-07-2018 06:09 PM
Was at that maiden launch of OV-105 Endeavour. Scheduled T-Zero was late afternoon, 7:06pm. It was a warm and beautiful day there at the Cape. STS-49 rollout was in March. Flight Readiness Firing was in April. Liftoff was on May 7, 1992 at 7:40pm. A slight 34-minute countdown hold was caused by unacceptable weather conditions at a TAL site. |
Grounded!
Member Posts: 367
From: Bennington, Vermont, USA
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted 04-08-2018 12:34 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Blackarrow:
I wish it had been used to launch astronauts to the Moon (or Skylab 2).
Not needed for a Skylab 2 mission, but Apollo 18 would have been nice. That being said, It it an awesome experience to see the fully configured Saturn/Apollo moon rocket when walking into that room. |
oly
Member Posts: 905
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 04-08-2018 02:03 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Grounded!:
It is an awesome experience to see the fully configured Saturn/Apollo moon rocket when walking into that room.
I agree. There is a sense of awe as you first view the Saturn V engine exhausts that turns into amazement as the whole rocket is revealed. It may well serve as inspiration for generations of astronauts and engineers to come. |
Henry Heatherbank
Member Posts: 244
From: Adelaide, South Australia
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 04-08-2018 02:05 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Grounded!:
Not needed for a Skylab 2 mission...
I took the Skylab 2 comment to mean the second Orbital Workshop, had the decision been to extend the manned stays beyond Skylab 4 and well beyond the design life of the original Orbital Workshop. |
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