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Inside the KSC Engine Shop, Boeing- Rocketdyne technicians begin removing the end of the container enclosing the third Space Shuttle Main Engine for Discoverys Return to Flight mission STS-114. The engine is returning from NASAs Stennis Space Center in Mississippi where it underwent a hot fire acceptance test. Typically, the engines are installed on an orbiter in the Orbiter Processing Facility approximately five months before launch.