Video from the cameras mounted on the solid rocket boosters was shown of their separation from the Space Shuttle Discovery and fall to the sea. Global Search Search In. Quick Guide.

The work to stand up two rockets for the launchpad-like exhibit of NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour has been capped — literally and figuratively — with the addition of two nose cones.

Ken Kremer for SpaceRef: Space Shuttle Discovery was hoisted and “hard mated” to her fuel tank and twin rocket boosters for the final time on Saturday (Sept. 11), before she […] ...

Launch of the STS 98/ Atlantis Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed from 19 January until 6 February at the earliest due to ongoing solid rocket booster ...

The ride up on the SRBs and the three main engines of the shuttle was thrilling—very noisy and bumpy as the G-forces increased to about 2.5 g’s, like we were driving a pickup truck over ...

That separation moment, he notes, is “kinda like a train wreck.” “On my first mission, when the SRBs came off, ... it involves a capsule—instead of a unique space plane like the Shuttle.

The space shuttle Endeavour will move into a vertical position at a California museum, complete with solid rocket boosters and fuel tank. Here's what the $400 million project entails.

The boosters were redesigned after the 1986 shuttle Challengerdisaster, when an O-ring on the right SRB failed to seal, causing the lossof the vehicle and its seven-member crew.

Moreover, the 5 segment SRB that will comprise the first stage of the Ares I (the Shuttle uses a 4 segment SRB) is slated to be used – in tandem – as part of the larger Ares V launch vehicle.