Revenki's photos with the keyword: SRB
In the Trenches
11 Aug 2009 |
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Looking up at one of the vent holes in the launch platform for an SRB (which occupies the dark area on the left side of the hole).
Skirts
11 Aug 2009 |
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The bases of the SRBs and the aft dome of the External tank. Note the bolts holding the SRBs to the launch platform - that's pretty much all there is holding up the entire Shuttle stack.
Skirts
11 Aug 2009 |
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The bases of the SRBs and the aft dome of the External tank. Note the bolts holding the SRBs to the launch platform - that's pretty much all there is holding up the entire Shuttle stack.
Stack
11 Aug 2009 |
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The SRBs and external tank on Discovery, with the rotating service structure on the left and the fixed service structure (formerly a Saturn launch umbilical tower) on the right.
Skirt and Plume Hole
11 Aug 2009 |
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An SRB skirt, mounting points, and exhaust plume hole through the launch platform.
Stack
11 Aug 2009 |
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The SRBs and external tank on Discovery, with the rotating service structure on the left and the fixed service structure (formerly a Saturn launch umbilical tower) on the right.
The grey piping is part of the water deluge system that protects the launch platform and provides acoustic dampening to protect the Shuttle as it lifts off.
SRB
11 Aug 2009 |
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One of Discovery's SRBs. The four white cylinders are separation motors that fire when the SRBs are jettisoned so as to shove it away from the Orbiter.
Note the hold-down bolts on the skirt (red boxes). They're much bigger than they look.
Nose
11 Aug 2009 |
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Note the owl-faced balloon used to keep birds away. And the cameras which seem to be pointing the wrong direction - they're attached to the rotating service structure, which would be turned away during launch.
SRB Nose
SRB Pieces
11 Aug 2009 |
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Nose cones and skirt assemblies for SRBs, at the recovery facility at Cape Canaveral.
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