New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 12th April, 2016. The last Space Shuttle external fuel tank begins a long journey to the California Science Center as it is moved to a barge at the Michoud Assembly Facility April 12, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The massive 154 feet long, 69,000 pound structure once fed liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen to the space shuttle main engines and has been retired with the Shuttle program. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News


The last Space Shuttle external fuel tank begins a long journey to the California Science Center as it is moved to a barge at the Michoud Assembly Facility April 12, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The massive 154 feet long, 69,000 pound structure once fed liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen to the space shuttle main engines and has been retired with the Shuttle program.


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