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NASA Releases First-Ever HD Footage Of SRB Recovery Ship Mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2011.  For the first time, NASA has released high-definition video taken during the retrieval of solid rocket booster segments from the Atlantic Ocean. The solid rocket boosters provided 144 million pounds of thrust for the final launch of space shuttle Discovery on its STS-133 mission.

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After each shuttle launch, crew members of the Liberty Star and Freedom Star retrieval ships pull the spent boosters out of the ocean and return them…

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