Published by Kirby on 19 Nov 2009
Liberty Star Towing Solid Rocket Booster at Jetty Park
Yesterday I photographed the Liberty Star at Jetty Park towing one of the solid rocket boosters (SRBs) from the STS-129 mission in which Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Nov 16 at 2:28 p.m. EST.
The way the SRBs are retrieved from the Atlantic after a launch is pretty cool. The SRBs themselves will be refurbished and readied for a future shuttle launch from KSC.
The SRBs are 149.16 ft long and 12.17 ft in diameter, weigh 1,300,000 lb at launch.