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Questions regarding the takeoff or the liftoff phase of the flight of a rocket and the set of activities required for preparation of the launch vehicle leading to it.

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Are cherry-pickers a new thing in spaceflight?

Cherry pickers go back to at least 1961. Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight configuration with cherry picker, on one of many tests conducted to evaluate astronaut escape feasibility. Image # : 71P-0257 …
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