Space Shuttle Launch



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A space shuttle climbs into space using three large liquid-fuel rocket engines that are part of the orbiter and two solid-fuel rockets as boosters. A huge fuel tank between the boosters provides propellant for the orbiter’s liquid-fuel rockets. These rocket engines, first flown in 1981, are the first reusable rockets ever built.

NASA

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