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KSC-08pd3741
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Parachute Refurbishment Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers spread out the parachutes recovered from sea after the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-126 mission to detangle them. The parachutes are used to slow the descent of the solid rocket boosters that are jettisoned during liftoff. One pilot, one drogue and three main canopies per booster slow the booster’s fall from about 360 mph to 50 mph.
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Credit lineKSC-08pd3741. NASA/KSC, 2008-11-19. Public domain. ID: KSC-08pd3741.
