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How powerful
was the Space Fuel tank
full of liquid
hydrogen and
Shuttle? liquid oxygen.
The Shuttle’s three engines
and two rocket boosters
produced 6.8 million lb
(3.1 million kg)
of thrust.
Two solid rocket The
boosters provided Space
71 percent of the Shuttle had
thrust needed the same
for liftoff.
power as
31 Jumbo
Jets.
The temperature
inside the Shuttle’s
engines reached
6,000°F (3,315°C).
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