29+ Space Shuttle Main Engine Start Sequence Background. After liftoff, the shuttle tilts backwards to get its center of mass in line with the direction of thrust of the. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more.

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At about 10 sec before main engine cutoff, a meco sequence began. Now i look at a. The transfer function matrices of the.

I was never much into mechanical things until i hit 35 and started working on diesel engines.

Seconds before the launch of a saturn v we hear the launch commentator calling out 'ignition sequence start'. Four tests were used to incrementally modify the start sequence to demonstrate the final goal. ­the two orbital maneuvering systems' (oms) engines are located in pods on the aft section of the orbiter, one on either side of the tail. The space shuttle was the core vehicle in nasa's space transportation system program and the only american craft used to carry its main engines and solid rocket motors were the first ever designed for use on multiple missions.