First launch is 'smooth' for NASA Marshall Center's new Space Shuttle Block II Main Engine.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-12 July 2001-NASA: First launch is 'smooth' for NASA Marshall Center's new Space Shuttle Block II Main Engine (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12072001 It was a "smooth" launch Thursday for the new Block II Main Engine, which helped lift Space Shuttle Atlantis into orbit at 4:04 a.m.

(CDT). The initial look at the data indicates the launch was smooth and the new engine performed as expected, said George Hopson, manager of the Space Shuttle Main Engine Project Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Atlantis used one Block II Main Engine and two Block IIA engines to complete its full complement of three engines. "The launch of STS-104 was a major milestone for Space Shuttle propulsion," said Art...