An orbital maintenance platform fires it liquid-propellant ?
An orbital maintenance platform (OMP) docked with a manned reusable crew capsule (RCC) in low Earth orbit fires its ten liquid-propellant rocket thrusters in order to lift it to a far higher Earth orbit for an eventual rendezvous with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
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11106174
Media ID
48431989
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5160px x 3538px
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Credit
© Stocktrek Images / Mary Evans
Source
Walter Myers/Stocktrek Images
Date
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