STS-108
Endeavour
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Retrieval Ships
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NASA ships Freedom Star and Liberty Star depart
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Commentary from Liberty Star Captain Joe Chaput.
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| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (File
footage) -- NASA ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star depart
Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the Atlantic Ocean
the day before launch. After a Shuttle is launched, the SRBs are
jettisoned at two minutes, seven seconds into the flight. At six
minutes and 44 seconds after liftoff, the spent SRBs, weighing about
165,000 lb., have slowed their descent speed to about 62 mph and
splashdown takes place in a predetermined area. They are retrieved
from the Atlantic Ocean and returned for refurbishment and eventual
reuse on future Shuttle flights. Once at Hangar AF, the SRBs are
unloaded onto a hoisting slip and mobile gantry cranes lift them
onto tracked dollies where they are safed and undergo their first
washing. |
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