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Title: Engine used to maneuver the Space Shuttle
Creator: Hu, Leilani
Date Created and/or Issued: 1979/07/17
Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
Collection: Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection
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Description: Caption from July 18, 1979 Sacramento Bee reads "Harry York, controls laboratory supervisor, describes the engine at left, that will be used to maneuver the U.S. Space Shuttle into and out of orbit. Manufactured by Aerojet Liquid Rocket Co., Sacramento, which made similar engines for the Apollo moon program, this kind will be reusable for as many as 100 shuttle flights."
Type: Image
Identifier: B76CED61-B803-438D-A7D4-339260309890
1983/001/SBPM00044
Subject: Aerojet
Folsom, Ca
Rancho Cordova, Ca
York, Harry

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