Space Shuttle Discovery Rear Main Engine Nozzles Chantilly United States // CHANTILLY, Virginia — The three main engine nozzles and orbital maneuvering system pods of the Space Shuttle Discovery are displayed beneath the hangar architecture of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. These large RS-25 engines operated in conjunction with solid rocket boosters to provide over one million pounds of thrust during the orbiter's ascent. Above the main engines, the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pods house smaller thrusters utilized for orbital insertion and the critical de-orbit burn. The surrounding aft
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Space Shuttle Discovery Rear Main Engine Nozzles Chantilly United States // CHANTILLY, Virginia — The three main engine nozzles and orbital maneuvering system pods of the Space Shuttle Discovery are displayed beneath the hangar architecture of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. These large RS-25 engines operated in conjunction with solid rocket boosters to provide over one million pounds of thrust during the orbiter's ascent. Above the main engines, the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pods house smaller thrusters utilized for orbital insertion and the critical de-orbit burn. The surrounding aft