NASA’s STS-115 mission in 2006, this footage shows the Space Shuttle External Tank separating from Space Shuttle Atlantis and falling back toward Earth after doing its job. The massive orange tank supplied liquid hydrogen and oxygen to the shuttle’s main engines during ascent. Once empty, it was safely jettisoned, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, and broke apart over the ocean — a planned and critical step in every shuttle launch. Moments like this remind us how precise and powerful human spacefli
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NASA’s STS-115 mission in 2006, this footage shows the Space Shuttle External Tank separating from Space Shuttle Atlantis and falling back toward Earth after doing its job. The massive orange tank supplied liquid hydrogen and oxygen to the shuttle’s main engines during ascent. Once empty, it was safely jettisoned, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, and broke apart over the ocean — a planned and critical step in every shuttle launch. Moments like this remind us how precise and powerful human spacefli
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