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Features extract from the shuttle reference manual. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/et.htmlA Space Shuttle External Tank (ET) is the component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contains the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_external_tankSpace Transportation System ... External Tank Stats Weight: Empty: 78,100 pounds Propellant: 1,585,379 pounds http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/system/system_ET.html ... The external tank falls back to Earth after exhausting its fuel and separating from the space shuttle. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/basics/et/index.htmlExternal Tank. Overview The largest element of the shuttle vehicle is the external tank. It supplies fuel and oxidizer to the space shuttle main engines ... http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/et/ET-117 shown here on rollout day with employees is scheduled to launch Summer 2007 http://www.lockheedmartin.com/ssc/michoud/ExternalTank/index.htmlEXTERNAL TANK: 100% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |... EXTERNAL TANK. The ... pressures. http://search.nasa.gov/search/search?q=external%20tank&spell=1&access=p&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&client=nasa_production&site=nasa_collection&oe=UTF-8&proxystylesheet=nasa_productionExternal Tank Hydrogen Vent Umbilical and Intertank Access Arm - allows mating of external tank umbilicals and access to the external tank intertank compartment. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/external-tank-vent-arm.htmlNASA engineers are currently putting the external fuel tank to be used in the agency's forst return-to-flight launch since the Columbia accident through final shakedown tests at ... http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/rtf_tank_041228.html5.16: Re-using today's rockets spent fuel tanks in orbit. 100K blow-ups of left and right pictures. (Original artist is Ron Jones, a model photographer. http://www.permanent.com/ext-tank.htm |
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