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  1. Much of Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center is filled with thick scrub land.
    The bushes and shrubs and palmettos provide a habitat for very unique species in Florida, like the #endangered Florida Scrub Jay.
    Beyond that scrub land, the ULA Vertical Integration Facility with an Atlas V rocket seems to rise out of a sea of green scrub land.

    #AtlasV #AtlasRocket #DesktopBackground

  2. Much of Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center is filled with thick scrub land.
    The bushes and shrubs and palmettos provide a habitat for very unique species in Florida, like the #endangered Florida Scrub Jay.
    Beyond that scrub land, the ULA Vertical Integration Facility with an Atlas V rocket seems to rise out of a sea of green scrub land.

    #AtlasV #AtlasRocket #DesktopBackground

  3. Much of Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center is filled with thick scrub land.
    The bushes and shrubs and palmettos provide a habitat for very unique species in Florida, like the #endangered Florida Scrub Jay.
    Beyond that scrub land, the ULA Vertical Integration Facility with an Atlas V rocket seems to rise out of a sea of green scrub land.

    #AtlasV #AtlasRocket #DesktopBackground

  4. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket lifting off from #SLC41 at #CapeCanaveral.
    The #ULA #AtlasV is in its 531 configuration, with a five meter fairing, three solid rocket boosters, and one upper stage engine.
    It’s carrying a US #AirForce #AEHF2 #satellite to orbit.

    #UnitedLaunchAllaince #AtlasRocket #AdvancedExtremelyHighFrequency2 #CommSat #DestopBackground

  5. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket lifting off from #SLC41 at #CapeCanaveral.
    The #ULA #AtlasV is in its 531 configuration, with a five meter fairing, three solid rocket boosters, and one upper stage engine.
    It’s carrying a US #AirForce #AEHF2 #satellite to orbit.

    #UnitedLaunchAllaince #AtlasRocket #AdvancedExtremelyHighFrequency2 #CommSat #DestopBackground

  6. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket lifting off from #SLC41 at #CapeCanaveral.
    The #ULA #AtlasV is in its 531 configuration, with a five meter fairing, three solid rocket boosters, and one upper stage engine.
    It’s carrying a US #AirForce #AEHF2 #satellite to orbit.

    #UnitedLaunchAllaince #AtlasRocket #AdvancedExtremelyHighFrequency2 #CommSat #DestopBackground

  7. A #ULA #Atlas V #rocket in the 551 configuration lifting off from LC-41 at #CCAFS carrying #NASA’s #Juno probe to #Jupiter.
    Juno’s #JunoCam camera instrument was not intended as part of the original science payload, but has returned hundreds of images of Jupiter’s clouds with incredible detail.

    #UnitedLaunchAlliance #AtlasV #AtlasRocket #Launch #Photograph

  8. A #ULA #Atlas V #rocket in the 551 configuration lifting off from LC-41 at #CCAFS carrying #NASA’s #Juno probe to #Jupiter.
    Juno’s #JunoCam camera instrument was not intended as part of the original science payload, but has returned hundreds of images of Jupiter’s clouds with incredible detail.

    #UnitedLaunchAlliance #AtlasV #AtlasRocket #Launch #Photograph

  9. A #ULA #Atlas V #rocket in the 551 configuration lifting off from LC-41 at #CCAFS carrying #NASA’s #Juno probe to #Jupiter.
    Juno’s #JunoCam camera instrument was not intended as part of the original science payload, but has returned hundreds of images of Jupiter’s clouds with incredible detail.

    #UnitedLaunchAlliance #AtlasV #AtlasRocket #Launch #Photograph

  10. A #ULA #Atlas V #rocket in the 551 configuration lifting off from LC-41 at #CCAFS carrying #NASA’s #Juno probe to #Jupiter.
    Juno’s #JunoCam camera instrument was not intended as part of the original science payload, but has returned hundreds of images of Jupiter’s clouds with incredible detail.

    #UnitedLaunchAlliance #AtlasV #AtlasRocket #Launch #Photograph

  11. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket lifting off its #launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41. This #AtlasV is carrying a #GPS satellite into orbit.

    Get a print or other item with this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasRocket #GPS #rocket #CapeCanaveralAirForceStation #CCAFS

  12. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket lifting off its #launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41. This #AtlasV is carrying a #GPS satellite into orbit.

    Get a print or other item with this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasRocket #GPS #rocket #CapeCanaveralAirForceStation #CCAFS

  13. #Atlas #rockets, from the original SM-65 up to the Atlas II AS used three #engines on #launch, the outer two of which would be jettisoned about two minutes into the flight, leaving the center “sustainer” engine burning.

    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasRocket #KennedySpaceCenterVisitorsCompplex #KSCVC #Kennedy Space Center #KSC #Photograph

  14. #Atlas #rockets, from the original SM-65 up to the Atlas II AS used three #engines on #launch, the outer two of which would be jettisoned about two minutes into the flight, leaving the center “sustainer” engine burning.

    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasRocket #KennedySpaceCenterVisitorsCompplex #KSCVC #Kennedy Space Center #KSC #Photograph

  15. #Atlas #rockets, from the original SM-65 up to the Atlas II AS used three #engines on #launch, the outer two of which would be jettisoned about two minutes into the flight, leaving the center “sustainer” engine burning.

    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasRocket #KennedySpaceCenterVisitorsCompplex #KSCVC #Kennedy Space Center #KSC #Photograph

  16. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket sits on the #launchpad at SL-41.
    This #AtlasV is carrying a #NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite for NASA’s TDRSS system that allows it to maintain communication with its spacecraft in Earth orbit.

    Congratulations to #ULA on the successful first launch of the new vehicle, Vulcan-Centaur.

    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #AtlasVRocket, #SL41, #Photography

  17. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket sits on the #launchpad at SL-41.
    This #AtlasV is carrying a #NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite for NASA’s TDRSS system that allows it to maintain communication with its spacecraft in Earth orbit.

    Congratulations to #ULA on the successful first launch of the new vehicle, Vulcan-Centaur.

    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #AtlasVRocket, #SL41, #Photography

  18. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket sits on the #launchpad at SL-41.
    This #AtlasV is carrying a #NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite for NASA’s TDRSS system that allows it to maintain communication with its spacecraft in Earth orbit.

    Congratulations to #ULA on the successful first launch of the new vehicle, Vulcan-Centaur.

    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #AtlasVRocket, #SL41, #Photography

  19. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket soars into the sky after #launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying a #GPS Block IIF satellite.

    Congrats to ULA for it successful first launch of its Vulcan-Centaur launch vehicle.

    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasV, #AtlasRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #Photography

  20. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket soars into the sky after #launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying a #GPS Block IIF satellite.

    Congrats to ULA for it successful first launch of its Vulcan-Centaur launch vehicle.

    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasV, #AtlasRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #Photography

  21. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket soars into the sky after #launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying a #GPS Block IIF satellite.

    Congrats to ULA for it successful first launch of its Vulcan-Centaur launch vehicle.

    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasV, #AtlasRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #Photography

  22. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket clears the obstructions around the #launch pad and is beginning its journey to put the #Echostart XIX #satellite into #orbit.
    This #ULA #AtlasV has a 4 meter diameter payload fairing, three solid rocket boosters, and one engine on its upper stage.
    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasRocket, #AtlasVRocket, #EchoStarXIX, #SLC41, #AtlasV431, #photography

  23. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket clears the obstructions around the #launch pad and is beginning its journey to put the #Echostart XIX #satellite into #orbit.
    This #ULA #AtlasV has a 4 meter diameter payload fairing, three solid rocket boosters, and one engine on its upper stage.
    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasRocket, #AtlasVRocket, #EchoStarXIX, #SLC41, #AtlasV431, #photography

  24. A United Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket clears the obstructions around the #launch pad and is beginning its journey to put the #Echostart XIX #satellite into #orbit.
    This #ULA #AtlasV has a 4 meter diameter payload fairing, three solid rocket boosters, and one engine on its upper stage.
    Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasRocket, #AtlasVRocket, #EchoStarXIX, #SLC41, #AtlasV431, #photography

  25. The early #Atlas #rocket was not painted, except for a few markings like the words, “United States,” as on this example in the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex’s #Rocket Garden.

    Get a print or other item with this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/u

    #AtlasRocket, #KennedySpaceCenterVisitorsComples, #KSCVC, #RocketGarden, #Photography, #UNITEDSTATES

  26. The early #Atlas #rocket was not painted, except for a few markings like the words, “United States,” as on this example in the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex’s #Rocket Garden.

    Get a print or other item with this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/u

    #AtlasRocket, #KennedySpaceCenterVisitorsComples, #KSCVC, #RocketGarden, #Photography, #UNITEDSTATES

  27. The early #Atlas #rocket was not painted, except for a few markings like the words, “United States,” as on this example in the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex’s #Rocket Garden.

    Get a print or other item with this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/u

    #AtlasRocket, #KennedySpaceCenterVisitorsComples, #KSCVC, #RocketGarden, #Photography, #UNITEDSTATES

  28. The #Atlas V #rocket, operated by United Launch Alliance, launches from LC-41, and old Titan rocket pad.
    The rocket is stacked in the white tower on the left and rolled out to the pad on a Mobile Launch Platform.
    The #MLP has a tower to provide umbilical connections to the rocket before launch.

    Get a print of this image or other items at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #AtlasV, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas, #MobileLaunchPlatform, #Photograph

  29. The #Atlas V #rocket, operated by United Launch Alliance, launches from LC-41, and old Titan rocket pad.
    The rocket is stacked in the white tower on the left and rolled out to the pad on a Mobile Launch Platform.
    The #MLP has a tower to provide umbilical connections to the rocket before launch.

    Get a print of this image or other items at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #AtlasV, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas, #MobileLaunchPlatform, #Photograph

  30. The #Atlas V #rocket, operated by United Launch Alliance, launches from LC-41, and old Titan rocket pad.
    The rocket is stacked in the white tower on the left and rolled out to the pad on a Mobile Launch Platform.
    The #MLP has a tower to provide umbilical connections to the rocket before launch.

    Get a print of this image or other items at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #AtlasV, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas, #MobileLaunchPlatform, #Photograph

  31. A view of United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility at Cape #Canaveral Air Force Station with an #Atlas V #rocket with the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or #RBSP probes, later renamed the Van Allen #probes, to study the Earth’s magnetic field.
    The #AtlasV is on its Mobile Launch Platform and is preparing to be rolled out to its launch pad at LC-41.

    Get a print or other merchandise of this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasVrocket, #AtlasRocket, #LC41, #RadiationBeltStormProbes, #VanAllenProbes, #NASA, #Photography

  32. A view of United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility at Cape #Canaveral Air Force Station with an #Atlas V #rocket with the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or #RBSP probes, later renamed the Van Allen #probes, to study the Earth’s magnetic field.
    The #AtlasV is on its Mobile Launch Platform and is preparing to be rolled out to its launch pad at LC-41.

    Get a print or other merchandise of this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasVrocket, #AtlasRocket, #LC41, #RadiationBeltStormProbes, #VanAllenProbes, #NASA, #Photography

  33. A view of United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility at Cape #Canaveral Air Force Station with an #Atlas V #rocket with the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or #RBSP probes, later renamed the Van Allen #probes, to study the Earth’s magnetic field.
    The #AtlasV is on its Mobile Launch Platform and is preparing to be rolled out to its launch pad at LC-41.

    Get a print or other merchandise of this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #AtlasVrocket, #AtlasRocket, #LC41, #RadiationBeltStormProbes, #VanAllenProbes, #NASA, #Photography

  34. The #Atlas launch vehicle has evolved over the many years. The first Atlas SM-65 was a nuclear missile modified to launch spacecraft. Upper stages were added like Agena and Centaur.
    The #skin of the #AtlasRocket was made of stainless #steel and thinner than a US #dime. The tanks could not support their own weight and had to be pressurized with gas to prevent them from crumpling.
    This was true from Atlas, to Atlas-Centaur, to Atlas I, Atlas IIAS, and Atlas III.
    The #AtlasV’s skin is made of isogrid aluminum; this being a type of machined aluminum that removed triangular sections from the inside of the tank walls, saving weight while preserving strength.
    A copper-colored outer cladding is added.

    Get a print or other merchandise with this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/m

    #EvolvedExpendableLaunchVehicle, #EELV, #AtlasVRocket, #Photography,

  35. The #Atlas launch vehicle has evolved over the many years. The first Atlas SM-65 was a nuclear missile modified to launch spacecraft. Upper stages were added like Agena and Centaur.
    The #skin of the #AtlasRocket was made of stainless #steel and thinner than a US #dime. The tanks could not support their own weight and had to be pressurized with gas to prevent them from crumpling.
    This was true from Atlas, to Atlas-Centaur, to Atlas I, Atlas IIAS, and Atlas III.
    The #AtlasV’s skin is made of isogrid aluminum; this being a type of machined aluminum that removed triangular sections from the inside of the tank walls, saving weight while preserving strength.
    A copper-colored outer cladding is added.

    Get a print or other merchandise with this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/m

    #EvolvedExpendableLaunchVehicle, #EELV, #AtlasVRocket, #Photography,

  36. The #Atlas launch vehicle has evolved over the many years. The first Atlas SM-65 was a nuclear missile modified to launch spacecraft. Upper stages were added like Agena and Centaur.
    The #skin of the #AtlasRocket was made of stainless #steel and thinner than a US #dime. The tanks could not support their own weight and had to be pressurized with gas to prevent them from crumpling.
    This was true from Atlas, to Atlas-Centaur, to Atlas I, Atlas IIAS, and Atlas III.
    The #AtlasV’s skin is made of isogrid aluminum; this being a type of machined aluminum that removed triangular sections from the inside of the tank walls, saving weight while preserving strength.
    A copper-colored outer cladding is added.

    Get a print or other merchandise with this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/m

    #EvolvedExpendableLaunchVehicle, #EELV, #AtlasVRocket, #Photography,

  37. The #Atlas launch vehicle has evolved over the many years. The first Atlas SM-65 was a nuclear missile modified to launch spacecraft. Upper stages were added like Agena and Centaur.
    The #skin of the #AtlasRocket was made of stainless #steel and thinner than a US #dime. The tanks could not support their own weight and had to be pressurized with gas to prevent them from crumpling.
    This was true from Atlas, to Atlas-Centaur, to Atlas I, Atlas IIAS, and Atlas III.
    The #AtlasV’s skin is made of isogrid aluminum; this being a type of machined aluminum that removed triangular sections from the inside of the tank walls, saving weight while preserving strength.
    A copper-colored outer cladding is added.

    Get a print or other merchandise with this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/m

    #EvolvedExpendableLaunchVehicle, #EELV, #AtlasVRocket, #Photography,

  38. A United #Launch Alliance #Atlas V 401 #rocket carries NROL-33 (probably a classified #NRO communications #satellite that will make up part of its #Quasar comm system that allows the #NationalReconnaissanceOffice to maintain contact with its spy satellites.
    Get a print or other merchandise at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #NROL33, #USA353, #Quasar19, #AtlasV, #AtlasV401, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5Rocket, #Atlas5

  39. A United #Launch Alliance #Atlas V 401 #rocket carries NROL-33 (probably a classified #NRO communications #satellite that will make up part of its #Quasar comm system that allows the #NationalReconnaissanceOffice to maintain contact with its spy satellites.
    Get a print or other merchandise at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #NROL33, #USA353, #Quasar19, #AtlasV, #AtlasV401, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5Rocket, #Atlas5

  40. A United #Launch Alliance #Atlas V 401 #rocket carries NROL-33 (probably a classified #NRO communications #satellite that will make up part of its #Quasar comm system that allows the #NationalReconnaissanceOffice to maintain contact with its spy satellites.
    Get a print or other merchandise at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #NROL33, #USA353, #Quasar19, #AtlasV, #AtlasV401, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5Rocket, #Atlas5

  41. A United #Launch Alliance #Atlas V rocket climbs above the Lightning Arrestor Towers around LC-41 and #ULA’s Vertical Integration Facility.
    The #AtlasV is in its 401 configuration with a 4 meter fairing, no SRBs, and 1 upper stage engine.
    Its payload is a new GPS satellite.
    Get a print or other merchandise: heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a
    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #Atlas5, #AtlasRocket, #Rocket, #RocketLaunch, #CapeCanaveral, #CCAFS, #Photography

  42. A United #Launch Alliance #Atlas V rocket climbs above the Lightning Arrestor Towers around LC-41 and #ULA’s Vertical Integration Facility.
    The #AtlasV is in its 401 configuration with a 4 meter fairing, no SRBs, and 1 upper stage engine.
    Its payload is a new GPS satellite.
    Get a print or other merchandise: heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a
    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #Atlas5, #AtlasRocket, #Rocket, #RocketLaunch, #CapeCanaveral, #CCAFS, #Photography

  43. A United #Launch Alliance #Atlas V rocket climbs above the Lightning Arrestor Towers around LC-41 and #ULA’s Vertical Integration Facility.
    The #AtlasV is in its 401 configuration with a 4 meter fairing, no SRBs, and 1 upper stage engine.
    Its payload is a new GPS satellite.
    Get a print or other merchandise: heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a
    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #Atlas5, #AtlasRocket, #Rocket, #RocketLaunch, #CapeCanaveral, #CCAFS, #Photography

  44. A United #Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket carrying a #Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station.
    After an #Antares rocket exploded shortly after lightoff, Orbital-ATK purchased launch services from #ULA for their cargo #spacecraft, and then another.
    This mission, OA-7, was the first flight of the improved Cygnus. Each vehicle is named, and the #OA7 mission was named “SS John Glenn.”
    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #OrbitalSciences, #OrbitalATK, #CygnusSpacecraft, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5, #SSJohnGlenn, #LaunchPhotography, #Photography, #Photograph, #Photo
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  45. A United #Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket carrying a #Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station.
    After an #Antares rocket exploded shortly after lightoff, Orbital-ATK purchased launch services from #ULA for their cargo #spacecraft, and then another.
    This mission, OA-7, was the first flight of the improved Cygnus. Each vehicle is named, and the #OA7 mission was named “SS John Glenn.”
    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #OrbitalSciences, #OrbitalATK, #CygnusSpacecraft, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5, #SSJohnGlenn, #LaunchPhotography, #Photography, #Photograph, #Photo
    Buy a print or merchandise: heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

  46. A United #Launch Alliance #Atlas V #rocket carrying a #Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station.
    After an #Antares rocket exploded shortly after lightoff, Orbital-ATK purchased launch services from #ULA for their cargo #spacecraft, and then another.
    This mission, OA-7, was the first flight of the improved Cygnus. Each vehicle is named, and the #OA7 mission was named “SS John Glenn.”
    #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #OrbitalSciences, #OrbitalATK, #CygnusSpacecraft, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5, #SSJohnGlenn, #LaunchPhotography, #Photography, #Photograph, #Photo
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  47. #SpaceSaturday: This is a refurbished #Atlas #rocket #engine LR89-NA-7 produced by #Rocketdyne until 1960S. The original #AtlasRocket was a “Stage-and-a-Half” type rocket. #Engineers had concerns about the reliability of igniting an engine at high altitude, so the Atlas launched with all 3 engines burning, and would then jettison the two “booster” engines on either side of the “sustainer” engine after about two and a half minutes and continue to fly on the remaining engine.
    The Soviet R-7 also ignited all its engines at liftoff, then jettisoned the four outboard stages, tanks and engines, and leave only a single set of fuel and oxidizer tanks and a set of engines remaining, a method called parallel staging.
    This #RocketEngine is on display the Air Force #Space and #Missile #Museum in Cape #Canaveral, #Florida.
    #LR89, #StageAndAHalf, #AirForce, #SpaceAndMissileMuseum, #BoosterEngine, #CapeCanaveral, #Photography, #Photo, #Photograph
    Buy a print: heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

  48. #SpaceSaturday: This is a refurbished #Atlas #rocket #engine LR89-NA-7 produced by #Rocketdyne until 1960S. The original #AtlasRocket was a “Stage-and-a-Half” type rocket. #Engineers had concerns about the reliability of igniting an engine at high altitude, so the Atlas launched with all 3 engines burning, and would then jettison the two “booster” engines on either side of the “sustainer” engine after about two and a half minutes and continue to fly on the remaining engine.
    The Soviet R-7 also ignited all its engines at liftoff, then jettisoned the four outboard stages, tanks and engines, and leave only a single set of fuel and oxidizer tanks and a set of engines remaining, a method called parallel staging.
    This #RocketEngine is on display the Air Force #Space and #Missile #Museum in Cape #Canaveral, #Florida.
    #LR89, #StageAndAHalf, #AirForce, #SpaceAndMissileMuseum, #BoosterEngine, #CapeCanaveral, #Photography, #Photo, #Photograph
    Buy a print: heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

  49. #SpaceSaturday: This is a refurbished #Atlas #rocket #engine LR89-NA-7 produced by #Rocketdyne until 1960S. The original #AtlasRocket was a “Stage-and-a-Half” type rocket. #Engineers had concerns about the reliability of igniting an engine at high altitude, so the Atlas launched with all 3 engines burning, and would then jettison the two “booster” engines on either side of the “sustainer” engine after about two and a half minutes and continue to fly on the remaining engine.
    The Soviet R-7 also ignited all its engines at liftoff, then jettisoned the four outboard stages, tanks and engines, and leave only a single set of fuel and oxidizer tanks and a set of engines remaining, a method called parallel staging.
    This #RocketEngine is on display the Air Force #Space and #Missile #Museum in Cape #Canaveral, #Florida.
    #LR89, #StageAndAHalf, #AirForce, #SpaceAndMissileMuseum, #BoosterEngine, #CapeCanaveral, #Photography, #Photo, #Photograph
    Buy a print: heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

  50. The Air Force #Space and #Missile #Museum on Cape #Canaveral is being refurbished and upgraded.
    That includes taking some of the old rockets apart and refurbishing them to be displayed again, looking better than new, which is what’s happening to this early #Atlas rocket.
    #CapeCanaveralAirForceStation, #CapeCanaveral, #AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum, #AirForce, #SpaceandMissileMuseum, #AtlasRocket, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo
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  51. The Air Force #Space and #Missile #Museum on Cape #Canaveral is being refurbished and upgraded.
    That includes taking some of the old rockets apart and refurbishing them to be displayed again, looking better than new, which is what’s happening to this early #Atlas rocket.
    #CapeCanaveralAirForceStation, #CapeCanaveral, #AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum, #AirForce, #SpaceandMissileMuseum, #AtlasRocket, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo
    Buy a print: heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a