Shuttle Main Engine Readied for Display at Stennis
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Shuttle Main Engine Readied for Display at Stennis
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Creator:
NASA/Stennis Space Center
Creator
NASA/Stennis Space Center
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Subject:
Space Shuttle Main Engine, SSME, Visitors Center, exhibits
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Space Shuttle Main Engine, SSME, Visitors Center, exhibits
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Description:
This Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) is being prepared for display in front of Stennis Space Center's Visitors Center. The SSME is the most reliable and highly tested large rocket engine ever built. Using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as fuel, each shuttle main engine can generate between 305,000 and 512,300 pounds of thrust. The SSME's high-performance fuel turbopump generates 77,310 horsepower and its liquid oxygen turbopump produces 29,430 horsepower.
Description
This Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) is being prepared for display in front of Stennis Space Center's Visitors Center. The SSME is the most reliable and highly tested large rocket engine ever built. Using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as fuel, each shuttle main engine can generate between 305,000 and 512,300 pounds of thrust. The SSME's high-performance fuel turbopump generates 77,310 horsepower and its liquid oxygen turbopump produces 29,430 horsepower.
