CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers check the hoist connections on External Fuel Tank-122 as it is lifted toward a test cell. ET-12 More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the External Fuel Tank (ET) taken as it separates from the shuttle Endeavour after launch. Photo taken by the shuttle's umbilical well camera d More
Staff Sgt. Frank Ruckel, 49th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology shift lead, instructs Airman 1st Class Philip Giampaolo, 49th MXS metals tech apprentice, how to make external threads at Holloman A More
External fuel tanks are stored and certified within the vertical tank storage facility to ensure optimal working order before being attached to F-22 Raptors assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langle More
Airman 1st Class Philip Giampaolo, 49th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology apprentice, changes the blades on a lathe at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., April 6, 2015. A lathe is a machine used to ro More
Staff Sgt. Frank Ruckel, 49th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology shift lead, inspects the welds on a 600-pound external fuel tank at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. April 6, 2015. The external fuel t More
Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Moser, 192nd Maintenance Squadron, fuels systems specialist, poses for a portrait in front of an external fuel tank certifier at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Oct. 21, 2020. Each tank More
Staff Sgt. Frank Ruckel, 49th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology shift lead, inspects the welds on a 600-pound external fuel tank at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., April 6, 2015. The external fuel More
Airman 1st Class Brandon Gordon, 49th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology apprentice, welds together a pod dolly at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., April 6, 2015. Gordon used a gas tungsten arc proce More
Tech. Sgt. Dustin Lockhart, 49th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology assistant section chief, discusses with Staff Sgt. Frank Ruckel, 49th MXS metals tech shift lead, about the blue prints to build More
Airman 1st Class Philip Giampaolo, 49th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology apprentice, makes external threads on a workpiece at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., April 6, 2015. Making external threads More