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this is the space shuttle yet what

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you're looking at is more than 600 miles

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from the launch pad

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as shuttles are being readied for

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takeoff in florida this unique space

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shuttle display is taking shape in

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huntsville alabama for decades the nasa

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center here has provided the powerful

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rockets that thrust our nation into

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space the marshall space flight center

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is now joining forces with the state of

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alabama's space and rocket center the

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home of u.s space camp to bring the

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shuttle to the public it completes that

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manned space flight collection that we

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now have with the shuttle

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and you really must walk under

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this

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massive vehicle to appreciate the size

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and the power that that machine can

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harness when it lifts off the pad

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nasa's first contribution to the exhibit

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was pathfinder although never meant to

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fly it was used in the early ground test

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at nasa's marshall and kennedy centers

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that cleared the way for the orbiters

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that follow

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two of pathfinder's main engine nozzles

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however did actually fly in space they

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help boost the maiden voyage of the

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columbia into orbit

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recently pathfinder flew just briefly as

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it was hoisted into place atop this real

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shuttle external fuel tank

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soon real solid rocket boosters will

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complete this one-of-a-kind shuttle

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exhibit the beauty of our full-scale

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space shuttle display is that it gives

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nasa a place to show these these items

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we don't have to store these large

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components away in a warehouse where

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nobody can see them the space shuttle

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plaza in huntsville serves as a 122-ton

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monument to the blending of technology

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and human spirit that's always powered

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this nation's space program before

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and undoubtedly always will

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in huntsville this is mike harrington

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all right

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okay

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and that is that it completes that

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manned space flight collection that we

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now have with the shuttle

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and you really must walk under

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this

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massive vehicle to appreciate the size