File:External Tank Details - Space Transportation System, External Tank, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX HAER TX-116-J (sheet 3 of 3).png
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External Tank Details - Space Transportation System, External Tank, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX | |||||
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Photographer |
Klimek, Joseph, creator |
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Title |
External Tank Details - Space Transportation System, External Tank, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX |
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Description |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Owner |
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Depicted place | Texas; Harris County; Houston | ||||
Date | Documentation compiled after 1968 | ||||
Dimensions | 24 x 36 in. (D size) | ||||
Current location |
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print |
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Accession number |
HAER TX-116-J (sheet 3 of 3) |
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In addition to containing and delivering cryogenic propellants to the SSME the ET also served as the structural support for the attachment of the Orbiter and Solid Rocket Boosters. While the STS stack assembly is sitting on the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) the ET transfers the weight of the Orbiter and itself to the Solid Rocker Boosters (SRBs) which are attached to the MLP. At launch and ascent the ET absorbs the thrust loads produced by the SSMEs and the SRBs. Despite its size and structural requirements the aluminum alloy skin of the ET is only one eight of an inch thick in most areas. As with all of the other components of the STS stack assembly, the ET has undergone improvements during the STS operational lifespan. Most notably, was two weight-saving redesigns that made the ETs lighter and stronger. The original version of the ET weighed 76,000 pounds empty. The first redesign, flown on STS-6 was the Lightweight ET which dropped 10,000 pounds from the original ETs. The second redesign, flown on STS-91, was the Super Lightweight ET that dropped an additional 7,500 pounds from the Lightweight tank resulting in a weight of 58,500 pounds. ...
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Source | https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tx1116.sheet.00003a | ||||
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Object location | 29° 33′ 08.45″ N, 95° 05′ 37.35″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 29.552348; -95.093708 |
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- File:Cover Sheet - Space Transportation System, External Tank, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX HAER TX-116-J (sheet 1 of 3).tif
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