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Shuttle SSMEs gimbal in for re-entry and landing?
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Pedro Mira
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Shuttle SSMEs gimbal in for re-entry and landing?
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Looking at footage of shuttles during descent and landing, I get the impression that the main engines are pointing in. That would make sense from an aerodynamic and aero-heating sense, but I can't really find any sources confirming they actually do that.
I remember doing research on this one day and finally finding it somewhere that they actually do that, and I remember it being referred to as "stowed position", but I can't find that source again.
Can someone confirm that, preferably with some NASA manual or article mentioning it?
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Found it. Googled "ssme stowed position", it's the first search result, the PDF from NASA.
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