NASA Photo ID: S92-34863           File Name: 10065127.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 04/30/92
  Title: STS-49 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, Flight Readiness Firing (FRF)
  Description:
  At Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B, the newest Space 
  Shuttle, Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, undergoes a 22 second firing
  of  its three space shuttle main engines (SSMEs).  The test began at 11:12
  a.m.  EDT, following a short delay caused by a blown fuse in the Mobile
  Launcher  Platform. A successful FRF is required of all new Space Shuttle
  orbiters  prior to launch.  OV-105's maiden space, STS-49, is targeted for
  May.  OV-105  FRF is the seventh in the history of the Space Shuttle
  program.  Atlantic  Ocean is seen in background.  View provided by KSC with
  alternate number  KSC-92PC-741.             
  
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  FLORIDA                                 
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  PRELAUNCH TESTS                         
  SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE               
  STS-49                                  
  TEST FIRING
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