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Night Time Test Firing. NASA public domain image colelction.

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A Space Shuttle Main Engine, (SSME) test firing lights up the night sky at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi. This test occurred on the B-1, SSC's largest of three test stands used for Shuttle main engine testing.

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