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Washington, District Of Columbia, USA. 20th Aug, 2025. U.S. National Guard troops from South Carolina walk near The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, August 20, 2025. President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of federal officers and National Guard units to the District to place the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and assist with crime prevention efforts in the nation's capital. (Credit Image: © Mehmet Eser/ZUMA Press Wire) EDITORIAL USAGE ONLY! Not for Commercial USAGE!-stock-foto
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Washington, United States. 16th Aug, 2025. U.S. Army National Guard soldiers assigned to the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force patrol along the National Mall, August 16, 2025 in Washington, DC U.S President Donald Trump deployed approximately 800 National Guard service members under the false premise of a crime wave in the capital. Credit: SSgt. Natalie Filzen/U.S Army Photo/Alamy Live News-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture by Mario Chiodo stands as the centerpiece of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, featuring six allegorical bronze figures representing Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created in 2013 and cast by Mussi Artworks Foundry in California, the 18-foot sculpture depicts the Hope figure holding an unbloomed Rose of Freedom while standing on tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression below. The memorial, dedicated in September 2014, honors 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 an-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicting children learning to read at an Alexandria freedmen's school forms part of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, dedicated in 2014. The relief, created by local sculptor Joanna Blake, illustrates the educational initiatives that emerged within Alexandria's Civil War-era African American community, where contraband schools achieved remarkable participation rates with 400 children attending daily classes by 1864. The memorial commemorates 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the cemet-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture by Mario Chiodo stands as the centerpiece of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, featuring six allegorical bronze figures representing Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created in 2013 and cast by Mussi Artworks Foundry in California, the 18-foot sculpture depicts the Hope figure holding an unbloomed Rose of Freedom while standing on tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression below. The memorial, dedicated in September 2014, honors 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 an-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicting children learning to read at an Alexandria freedmen's school forms part of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, dedicated in 2014. The relief, created by local sculptor Joanna Blake, illustrates the educational initiatives that emerged within Alexandria's Civil War-era African American community, where contraband schools achieved remarkable participation rates with 400 children attending daily classes by 1864. The memorial commemorates 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the cemet-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicting children learning to read at an Alexandria freedmen's school forms part of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, dedicated in 2014. The relief, created by local sculptor Joanna Blake, illustrates the educational initiatives that emerged within Alexandria's Civil War-era African American community, where contraband schools achieved remarkable participation rates with 400 children attending daily classes by 1864. The memorial commemorates 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the cemet-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicting children learning to read at an Alexandria freedmen's school forms part of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, dedicated in 2014. The relief, created by local sculptor Joanna Blake, illustrates the educational initiatives that emerged within Alexandria's Civil War-era African American community, where contraband schools achieved remarkable participation rates with 400 children attending daily classes by 1864. The memorial commemorates 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the cemet-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicts a family fleeing slavery at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, with the inscription 'Fleeing slavery for sanctuary and freedom in Alexandria.' The artwork by local sculptor Joanna Blake is part of the memorial dedicated in 2014 to honor 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the historic cemetery. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community during the Civil War. The site gained national significance in Decemb-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicts a family fleeing slavery at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, with the inscription 'Fleeing slavery for sanctuary and freedom in Alexandria.' The artwork by local sculptor Joanna Blake is part of the memorial dedicated in 2014 to honor 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the historic cemetery. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community during the Civil War. The site gained national significance in Decemb-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicts a family fleeing slavery at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, with the inscription 'Fleeing slavery for sanctuary and freedom in Alexandria.' The artwork by local sculptor Joanna Blake is part of the memorial dedicated in 2014 to honor 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the historic cemetery. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community during the Civil War. The site gained national significance in Decemb-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Bronze tablets displaying names from the Gladwin Record line the memorial walls at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, documenting 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869. The memorial honors individuals who fled slavery during the Civil War and found refuge in Union-occupied Alexandria, where they established one of the largest contraband communities in Virginia. Bronze icons next to certain names indicate that living descendants have been identified through ongoing genealogical research led by Char McCargo Bah, who has traced over 1,000 descendan-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicts a family fleeing slavery at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, with the inscription 'Fleeing slavery for sanctuary and freedom in Alexandria.' The artwork by local sculptor Joanna Blake is part of the memorial dedicated in 2014 to honor 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the historic cemetery. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community during the Civil War. The site gained national significance in Decemb-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Bronze inscriptions on the memorial walls display the names of individuals buried in the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, established in March 1864 as the final resting place for 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869. The cemetery served formerly enslaved people who sought freedom within Union lines during the Civil War, with detailed burial records maintained by Reverend Albert Gladwin documenting names, ages, and death dates of those interred. The site gained national significance in December 1864 when 443 United States Colored Troops soldiers successful-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Bronze inscriptions on the memorial walls display the names of individuals buried in the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, established in March 1864 as the final resting place for 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869. The cemetery served formerly enslaved people who sought freedom within Union lines during the Civil War, with detailed burial records maintained by Reverend Albert Gladwin documenting names, ages, and death dates of those interred. The site gained national significance in December 1864 when 443 United States Colored Troops soldiers successful-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial honors 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in this Civil War-era cemetery established by Union military authorities in March 1864. The memorial plaza features 'The Path of Thorns and Roses,' an 18-foot bronze sculpture by Mario Chiodo depicting six allegorical figures representing the journey from oppression to hope, surrounded by stone walls displaying the names of all documented burials from the Gladwin Record. The site protects 631 identified grave locations with flush stone markers while co-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — An inscription in the floor stones at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial reads '1955 GAS STATION' and explains that the concrete floor of a gas station that desecrated many graves was kept in place to protect remaining burials below. The memorial, dedicated in 2014, preserves the final resting place of 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 after fleeing slavery during the Civil War. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land and became the site of one of the first successful civil rights protests when 44-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze figure from The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial depicts one of six allegorical representations including Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created and sculpted by Mario Chiodo in 2013, the 18-foot bronze sculpture serves as the centerpiece of the memorial honoring 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in this Civil War-era cemetery. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen com-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture by Mario Chiodo stands as the centerpiece of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, featuring six allegorical bronze figures representing Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created in 2013 and cast by Mussi Artworks Foundry in California, the 18-foot sculpture depicts the Hope figure holding an unbloomed Rose of Freedom while standing on tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression below. The memorial, dedicated September 6, 2014, honors 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buri-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture by Mario Chiodo stands as the centerpiece of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, featuring six allegorical bronze figures representing Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created in 2013 and cast by Mussi Artworks Foundry in California, the 18-foot sculpture depicts the Hope figure holding an unbloomed Rose of Freedom while standing on tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression below. The memorial, dedicated September 6, 2014, honors 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buri-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Grave markers inscribed with 'Grave of a Child' mark burial sites at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, where over 50 percent of the 1,711 documented burials were children under age 5. The cemetery served as the final resting place for African Americans who fled slavery and died between 1864-1869 during the Civil War era. Established in March 1864 by Union military authorities on confiscated Confederate land, the cemetery documented extreme childhood mortality rates caused by overcrowding, inadequate sanitation, and epidemic diseases including smallpox, typh-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture by Mario Chiodo stands as the centerpiece of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, featuring six allegorical bronze figures representing Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created in 2013 and cast by Mussi Artworks Foundry in California, the 18-foot sculpture depicts the Hope figure holding an unbloomed Rose of Freedom while standing on tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression below. The memorial, dedicated September 6, 2014, honors 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buri-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial commemorates 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in this Civil War-era cemetery established by Union military authorities. The memorial features Mario Chiodo's 18-foot bronze sculpture 'The Path of Thorns and Roses' with six allegorical figures representing the journey from oppression to hope, surrounded by stone walls displaying the names of all documented burials from the Gladwin Record. The site gained national significance in December 1864 when 443 United States Colored Troops soldiers succ-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial commemorates 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in this Civil War-era cemetery established by Union military authorities. The memorial features Mario Chiodo's 18-foot bronze sculpture 'The Path of Thorns and Roses' with six allegorical figures representing the journey from oppression to hope, surrounded by stone walls displaying the names of all documented burials from the Gladwin Record. The site gained national significance in December 1864 when 443 United States Colored Troops soldiers succ-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A sidewalk plaque outside the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial marks graves beneath South Washington Street that date to 1864. The bronze plaque explains that the Freedmen's Cemetery extended into the middle of South Washington Street during the Civil War, with tan stones in the sidewalk marking graves identified by archaeologists investigating the original cemetery location. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community, ultimately recording 1,711 burials between 1864-1869. Ar-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A grave marker at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial displays an inscription honoring the African Americans who fled to Alexandria during the Civil War and those who died from disease and deprivation. The memorial, dedicated in 2014, protects 631 identified grave locations from the original cemetery established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land. The cemetery served as the final resting place for 1,711 documented African Americans between 1864-1869, including formerly enslaved people who sought freedom within Union lines and were classified as 'con-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A sidewalk plaque outside the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial marks graves beneath South Washington Street that date to 1864. The bronze plaque explains that the Freedmen's Cemetery extended into the middle of South Washington Street during the Civil War, with tan stones in the sidewalk marking graves identified by archaeologists investigating the original cemetery location. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community, ultimately recording 1,711 burials between 1864-1869. Ar-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — A full-scale model of the Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule is displayed in the newly opened Futures in Space exhibit hall at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The reusable capsule, designed to transport paying passengers on suborbital flights, represents the shift from government-only spaceflight to commercial space tourism. Blue Origin developed the six-person capacity vehicle with large windows to allow tourists to view Earth during their journey to space. The capsule is named for Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut to travel to space. The National Air-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — Robert McCall's A Cosmic View mural is displayed in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall at the National Air and Space Museum. Created for the museum's opening in 1976, the massive acrylic on canvas work measures 58.5 feet by 75 feet (17.8 by 22.9 meters) and celebrates humanity's recent Moon landing while depicting the first steps toward exploring the vast reaches of space. The mural features the birth of the universe, planets including Saturn and Mars with asteroids, an American astronaut on the lunar surface with the lunar module and a second astronaut in the background, plu-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The newly opened Futures in Space exhibit hall at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum explores humanity's ongoing and planned ventures beyond Earth. The exhibit hall is part of the National Air and Space Museum, which houses the world's largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft. The museum underwent a major renovation project that included the creation of new exhibit spaces designed to showcase both historical achievements and future possibilities in aerospace exploration. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, established in 1976, attracts millio-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — Katya Echazarreta's flight suit from Blue Origin's NS-21 suborbital spaceflight is displayed in the newly opened Futures in Space exhibit hall at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The electrical engineer wore this suit during her June 2022 spaceflight aboard the RSS First Step spacecraft, making her the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space. Echazarreta's trip was sponsored by Space for Humanity's citizen astronaut program, which aims to democratize access to space travel. The exhibit highlights her ongoing work to inspire others, particularly in Mexico, to p-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — Yuri Gagarin's training pressure suit is displayed in the newly opened Futures in Space exhibit hall at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The suit was worn by Gagarin, the first human in space, during his preparation for the historic April 12, 1961 Vostok 3KA mission that launched from the Soviet Union. The exhibit explains how Gagarin, a government employee and military pilot, became a national hero and symbol of Soviet space program triumph alongside other early cosmonauts. The letters CCCP on the helmet signify that Gagarin flew for the Soviet Union, and the dis-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The newly opened Futures in Space exhibit hall at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum explores humanity's ongoing and planned ventures beyond Earth. The exhibit hall is part of the National Air and Space Museum, which houses the world's largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft. The museum underwent a major renovation project that included the creation of new exhibit spaces designed to showcase both historical achievements and future possibilities in aerospace exploration. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, established in 1976, is located on t-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The newly opened Futures in Space exhibit hall at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum explores humanity's ongoing and planned ventures beyond Earth. The exhibit hall is part of the National Air and Space Museum, which houses the world's largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft. The museum underwent a major renovation project that included the creation of new exhibit spaces designed to showcase both historical achievements and future possibilities in aerospace exploration. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, established in 1976, is located on t-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Portable Life Support System backpack display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum shows the life support technology that enabled Apollo astronauts to explore the Moon's surface independently of their spacecraft. The backpack provided astronauts with oxygen supply, cooling water circulation, carbon dioxide filtering, and communications equipment, essentially transforming the spacesuit into a self-contained spacecraft. This particular system weighs 125 pounds (57 kilograms) on Earth but felt significantly lighter on the Moon due to its one-sixth gravity. The colo-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Apollo Lunar Module LM-2 is displayed in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall at the National Air and Space Museum. This two-stage spacecraft was built by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation for a second uncrewed Earth-orbit test flight that was ultimately deemed unnecessary after the successful Apollo 5 mission. Between 1969 and 1972, six lunar modules identical to this one landed 12 American astronauts on the Moon during the Apollo program. The LM-2 has been modified to appear like Apollo 11's Lunar Module Eagle and consists of an upper ascent stage with pressurized-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Apollo Lunar Module LM-2 is displayed in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall at the National Air and Space Museum. This two-stage spacecraft was built by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation for a second uncrewed Earth-orbit test flight that was ultimately deemed unnecessary after the successful Apollo 5 mission. Between 1969 and 1972, six lunar modules identical to this one landed 12 American astronauts on the Moon during the Apollo program. The LM-2 has been modified to appear like Apollo 11's Lunar Module Eagle and consists of an upper ascent stage with pressurized-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The America by Air hall at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum showcases the development of commercial aviation in the United States. This permanent exhibition explores the evolution of air travel from early passenger flights to modern airline operations, featuring aircraft, artifacts, and interactive displays that chronicle the transformation of American aviation. The National Air and Space Museum, established in 1976, is the world's most visited museum and houses the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft. Located on the National Mall, the museum ser-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Apollo lunar suit evolution exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum displays the development of NASA's spacesuit designs from the mid-1960s through the Apollo program. The display features the Apollo Experimental Spacesuit No. 1 (AX1-L), one of the earliest suits made by International Latex Company (ILC) in 1965, shown without its thermal cover layer to reveal the inner construction and restraint system. The second suit is an Apollo A5-L Pressure Suit, a fifth-generation ILC prototype also displayed without its cover layer to demonstrate joint mobility and-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The F-1 rocket engine exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum uses mirrors to replicate the visual arrangement of the five F-1 engines positioned at the base of the Saturn V rocket. This particular F-1 engine is an early test model built in 1963 that completed four start tests, burning for a total of 192.6 seconds before being transferred from NASA to the museum. The massive engine measures 18 feet 4 inches (5.6 meters) in length with a maximum diameter of 11 feet 11 inches (3.6 meters) and weighs 18,000 pounds (8,200 kilograms). Manufactured by Rocketdyne Divi-stock-foto
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