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A Hyster forklift moves the first of three space shuttle main engines closer to space shuttle Atlantis for installation.

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a Hyster forklift moves the first of three space shuttle main engines closer to space shuttle Atlantis for installation. Each engine is 14 feet long, weighs about 6,700 pounds, and is 7.5 feet in diameter at the end of the nozzle. This is the final planned engine installation for the Space Shuttle Program.

Atlantis is being prepared for the "launch on need," or potential rescue mission, for the final planned shuttle flight, Endeavour's STS-134 mission. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/shuttle. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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  • Title: A Hyster forklift moves the first of three space shuttle main engines closer to space shuttle Atlantis for installation.
  • Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
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