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A Shuttle tank rises again

Photo: California Science Center
Photo: California Science Center

On January 13, External Tank ET-94 was successfully lifted and positioned atop the Solid Rocket Boosters as part of the construction of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. The procedure took over 26 hours to complete. This is a real tank built for the Space Shuttle, but it never flew, as NASA used it for tests in the wake of the 2003 Columbia disaster.