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About This GigaPan
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National Geographic
- Explore score
- 1
- Size
- 0.66 Gigapixels
- Views
- 966
- Date added
- April 08, 2012
- Date taken
- January 26, 2012
- Categories
- astrophotography, photojournalism
- Galleries
- Space Shuttle Discovery, NASA Gallery - Space Shuttle Discovery, NASA
- Competitions
- Tags
- space shuttle discovery nasa tail cone spaceflight national geographic jon brack susan poulton
- Description
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When a space shuttle is mated to a shuttle carrier aircraft (SCA) for transport between space centers, a tail cone is installed over its main engines. This reduces both drag and turbulence created by the piggy-backing spacecraft while also protecting the engines. Discovery's final tail cone was installed in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for her flight from Florida to Virginia and display at the Smithsonian.
Photographer: Jon Brack
www.jonbrack.com
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