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US Space & Rocket Center Huntsville, AL
Space shuttle OV-098 Pathfinder on display at the US Space & Rocket Center
in Huntsville, Alabama. Pathfinder was used as a structural fit test
article and for training. After it was retired, it was rebuilt to look
more like a space shuttle on the interior, and sent to Japan for an
expo. Once back in the states, NASA put Pathfinder on display along
with mock-ups of the external tank and solid rocket boosters. Note that
OV-098 is an honorary designation given to Pathfinder after it was retired.
The external tank displayed with Pathfinder was originally part of MPTA-098,
and was used in the development and testing of the SSMEs (space shuttle
main engines).
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