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Space Shuttle Projects

This view, taken by a motion picture tracking camera for the STS-3 mission, shows both left and right solid rocket boosters (SRB's) at the moment of separation from the external tank (ET). After impact to the ocean, they were retrieved and refurbished for reuse. The Shuttle's SRB's and solid rocket motors (SRM's) are the largest ever built and the first designed for refurbishment and reuse. Standing nearly 150-feet high, the twin boosters provide the majority of thrust for the first two minutes of flight, about 5.8 million pounds. That is equivalent to 44 million horsepower, or the combined power of 400,000 subcompact cars.

Date
1982-04-01
Collection
MSFC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Space Shuttle Projects" (1982-04-01). NASA/MSFC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/8221421

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