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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — The solid rocket booster retrieval ship Freedom Star tows one of the boosters retrieved after the launch of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission. The space shuttle's solid rocket booster casings and associated flight hardware are recovered at sea. The boosters impact the Atlantic Ocean approximately seven minutes after liftoff. The splashdown area is a square of about 6 by 9 nautical miles located about 140 nautical miles downrange from the launch pad.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-08pd0258. NASA/KSC, 2008-02-10. Public domain. ID: KSC-08pd0258.
