KSC-04pd-2382
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This view from above shows the place where the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) for the Return to Flight mission STS-114 will be stacked. The aft skirt and lower segment were transported to the VAB Nov. 22. In the background are media who are reporting on this significant milestone. Two SRBs support the liftoff of the Space Shuttle on a launch. The twin 149-foot tall, 12-foot diameter SRBs provide the main propulsion system during launch to place the 180,000-pound orbiters in the proper orbit around the Earth. They operate parallel with the Space Shuttle main engines for the first two minutes of flight and jettison away from the orbiter with help from the Booster Separation Motors, about 26.3 nautical miles above the Earth’s surface.
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November 22, 2004
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