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Delta 2 propellant tank
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This is the main propellant tank of the second stage of a Delta 2 launch vehicle which landed near Georgetown, Texas, on January 22, 1997. This approximately 250kg tank is primarily a stainless steel structure and survived re-entry relatively intact.
November 12, 2012 6:15 PM PST
Photo by: NASA
| Caption by: James Martin
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