SRB Assembly & Refurbishment Facility
May 2nd, 2005
The ARF prepares the Solid Rocket Booster aft & forward skirt, frustum & nose cap for launch
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Inside the blast proof Ordnance Build Up room, the frustum has ordnance on both the top & bottom
Aft skirt with booster separation motors removed
1 of 4 bolt holes that secure the SRB to the pad
Aft skirt with booster separation motors before the component is covered with cork
Thrust Vector Control System within aft skirt gimbals the nozzle extension to control flight
Separation ring removes Frustum during descent
Main Parachute Support Structure contains 3 chutes
Forward booster separation motors at the top of the frustum and a nose cap on the right stand
Forward skirt, frustum, and nose cone stack
Nose cap contains the drogue and pilot parachutes
Forward skirt in a painting chamber
The curing room is empty today
David admires a painted & cured forward skirt
Extra buildup cork patches applied . . .
. . . before the component is sprayed with cork
Corked explosive bolt containment devices
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