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KSC-05pd-0380
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — These two bolt catchers are ready for installation on orbiter Discovery’s External Tank. A bolt catcher is a vertical bolt mechanism at the forward end of the External Tank that attaches each booster to the tank. At approximately two minutes into launch, SRB separation begins when pyrotechnic devices fire to break the 25-inch, 62-pound steel bolts.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-05pd-0380. NASA/KSC, 2005-03-09. Public domain. ID: 05pd0380.
