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Thermal Image Test of Space Shuttle Main Engine

Thermal imaging is part of ongoing technology development research at the John C. Stennis Space Center. A thermal image of a Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) during a test firing detects eroding baffling evidenced in the exhaust plume.

 

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Image Number: GPN-2000-000554

Date: 1985

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Uploaded on February 11, 2015
Taken sometime in 1985