MECO

The external tank will come at what they call MECO, main engine cutoff.

CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2006 2006

Because black holes do not have magnetic fields, Dr Schild's team suggest in The Astronomical Journal, the quasar must be powered by a dense ball of plasma called a MECO magnetospheric eternally collapsing object.

Archive 2006-07-01 Mac 2006

The final 60-90 seconds as Atlantis hits MECO and breaks free from the fuel tank in the darkness of space lit only by its own engines and the reflection of earthlight -- the sun reflected off the quarter-earth visible in frame.

Atlantis (STS-129) Lifts Off November 16, 2009 2009

Is the ET always empty at MECO, It tend not to think so.

Minor Damage Seen on Atlantis - NASA Watch 2009

The final 60-90 seconds as Atlantis hits MECO and breaks free from the fuel tank in the darkness of space lit only by its own engines and the reflection of earthlight -- the sun reflected off the quarter-earth visible in frame.

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

As the footage of Monday's Atlantis liftoff cut off early -- stupid broadcast network -- I've included the below AWESOME footage of an Atlantis ride all the way to MECO in February 2008.

Atlantis (STS-129) Lifts Off November 16, 2009 2009

Taj Hargey at MECO Muslim Education Center of Oxford heads a campaign against full face veiling because he calls it masking and says it has nothing to do with Islam.

Nancy Graham Holm: Does The French Law Forbidding Full-Face Veils Cover Up the Real Problem? Nancy Graham Holm 2011

Sit in your chair doing nothing for 8 minutes until MECO. chris

NASA MMOG CAN Released - NASA Watch 2009

Taj Hargey at MECO Muslim Education Center of Oxford heads a campaign against full face veiling because he calls it masking and says it has nothing to do with Islam.

Nancy Graham Holm: Does The French Law Forbidding Full-Face Veils Cover Up the Real Problem? Nancy Graham Holm 2011

That meant that the shuttle's engines were all working fine and the flight would continue as normal until the Main Engines Cut Off MECO at their usual time.

Zoe P. Strassfield: You Never Know Zoe P. Strassfield 2011