| NASA Center: |
Marshall Space Flight Center |
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| Image # : |
7783349 |
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| Date : |
9/9/1977
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Title
The First Space Shuttle External Tank
Full Description
The first Space Shuttle External Tank (ET), the Main Propulsion Test Article
(MPTA), rolls off the assembly line on September 9, 1977 at Michoud Assembly
Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. The MPTA was then transported to the
National Space Technology Laboratories (currently called Stennis Space Center)
in southern Mississippi where it was used in the static test firing of the
Shuttle's cluster of three main engines.
Marshall Space Flight Center was responsible for developing the External Tank.
External Tank contains two tanks, one for liquid hydrogen and one for liquid
oxygen, and a plumbing system that supplies propellant to the Main Engines of
the Space Shuttle Orbiter.
Keywords
External Tank ET Main Propulsion Test Article MPTA Michoud Assembly Facility MAF
Subject Category
Rocket Propulsion, Space Shuttle,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
MSFC
- Center Number:
7783349
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000051
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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