ForbiddenKnowledgeTV
Alexandra Bruce
November 1, 2011
After its final launch, the ocean recovery operations of the Space Shuttle’s booster rockets were released on video for the first time.
These guys were having too much fun!
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Uploaded by NASAtelevision
March 18, 2011
NASA has released the first ever up-close, high-definition video of Kennedy Space Center’s solid rocket booster (SRB) recovery ships retrieving SRB segments from the Atlantic Ocean following a space shuttle launch.
The unprecedented video is from the launch of the most recent shuttle mission, STS-133, Discovery’s final flight, on Feb. 24.
Following each space shuttle launch, crew members of Liberty Star and Freedom Star pull the spent boosters out of the ocean and return them to Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Once they are processed, the boosters are transported to Utah, where they are refurbished and stored, if needed.
