![]() RPSF receives new and reloaded SRB segments shipped by rail from Utah and integrates them with aft skirts received from the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility (ARF) |
![]() The main facility is used for solid rocket motor receiving, rotation and inspection |
![]() Solid Rocket Motor railcar shipping container |
![]() Solid Rocket Motor exit cone on a rolling platform |
![]() Aft booster buildup workstand with an SRB |
![]() Top of a SRB aft segment |
![]() With the 2 month flight delay of STS-114, these two SRBs may be shipped back to Utah |
![]() Jon poses with them just in case they are used |
![]() Closeup of an SRB o-ring which joins the segments |
![]() Testing the crane today on the large water tank |
![]() Components are lifted off railroad cars by the crane |
![]() Down a level where sections are integrated |
![]() Stiffners are added to give strength for splashdown |
![]() Segments are kept at Utah humidity levels |
![]() David is impressed with the amount of bolts |
![]() The stiffners require a lot of bolts! |
![]() Thrust Vector Control Hydraulic Servicing Panels |
![]() Space voyeurs look up the SRBs aft skirt! |
![]() The business end of a solid rocket motor |
![]() Thrust vector control system within the aft skirt |
![]() The Thrust Vector Control System gimbals the Solid Rocket Motor nozzle extension during flight |
![]() Nearby Surge Buildings store SRB flight segments until they are moved to the VAB for integration |
![]() The third Mobile Launcher Platform sits at the parking location north of the VAB |
![]() Nearby empty MLP parking location as the other two MLPs are at the Pad and in the VAB |