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KSC-05pd-0381

NASA / KSC · 2005-03-09 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers prepare these two bolt catchers 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.

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Credit lineKSC-05pd-0381. NASA/KSC, 2005-03-09. Public domain. ID: 05pd0381.
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