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Raumfahrtsystem, Feststoffraketen-Booster, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX
Raumfahrtsystem, Feststoffraketen-Booster, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX
Raumfahrtsystem, Feststoffraketen-Booster, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX
Raumfahrtsystem, Feststoffraketen-Booster, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX
Raumfahrtsystem, Feststoffraketen-Booster, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX
Raumfahrtsystem, Feststoffraketen-Booster, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX
Raumfahrtsystem, Feststoffraketen-Booster, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX
Raumfahrtsystem, Feststoffraketen-Booster, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX
Raumfahrtsystem, Feststoffraketen-Booster, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX
Raumfahrtsystem, Feststoffraketen-Booster, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX
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Survey number: HAER TX-116-K
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Rakete
Booster
Feststoffraketen-Booster
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Houston
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Harris County
Texas
historische amerikanische Ingenieursgeschichte
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hohe Auflösung
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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
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29.55279, -95.09307
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Library of Congress
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