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Centaur Engine Chilldown Begins

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The engine on the Centaur upper stage is being conditioned for the flow of liquid hydrogen through it later in the countdown. The stage will hold about 12,000 gallons of the minus-423 degree propellant. Meanwhile, controllers also are overseeing the loading of liquid oxygen into the Atlas V first stage.