A desktop background version of the #NASA #logo on the port wing of Space Shuttle #Atlantis, on display the #Kennedy #Space Center Visitors Complex.

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The #engine section of a #Delta II #rocket.
The main engine is a #Rocketdyne #RS27A that burns kerosene and liquid oxygen.
On either side of the center engine nozzle, the two yellow and white portions that seem covered in fabric with red openings are #vernier thrusters to maintain attitude control.

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The Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex built the Atlantis #Museum, they built life-size replicas of the Space Shuttle External Tank and Solid #Rocket Boosters directly in front of the building which held #SpaceShuttle Atlantis.

This #photograph was taken from below the #ExternalTank.

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A stitched composite image of #NASA’s #Space Shuttle #Atlantis’ crew cabin in the #AtlantisMuseum at Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Complex.
The #Orbiter’s name is painted below and slightly behind the windscreen. The forward reaction control system nozzles can be seen, as can the #APAS docking ring.

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After #NASA’s #Space #Shuttle was retired, the #Orbiter #Atlantis was given to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex after it was cleaned and prepared for public display.
#KSCVC decided to, using private-raised money, build a new, multi-level museum to hold Atlantis suspended as though it were in orbit.

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Today is the anniversary of the #Apollo11 Moon landing!
At Kennedy #Space Center’s Visitor Complex, it’s possible to visit the #Apollo / Saturn V Center, where a #SaturnV #rocket is on display, with its stages separated.
These are the 5 J-2 engines that powered the S-II stage that was the second stage on the Saturn V.
They burned liquid hydrogen (#LH2) and liquid oxygen (#LOX). This high-energy combination of propellants made it much easier for the United States to build a successful #Moon mission, whereas the Soviets were forced to stick with hypergolic fuels or kerosene, making lunar missions impractical.
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