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Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) captive flight on NB-52B |
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Photo Number: | EC77-7428 |
Photo Date: | June 10, 1977 |
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Photo Description: |
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) captive flight on NB-52B |
Project Description: |
NASA Dryden conducted Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) parachute recovery systems tests that used Dryden's NB-52B for the Drop Test Vehicle (DTV). The purpose of the tests, from June 1977 through 1978 and again from September 1983 - March 1985, were to validate the system to recover the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster casings once their propellant was exhausted. |
NASA Photo by: | unknown |
Keywords: | Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle, SRB-DTV, parachute recovery systems tests, NB-52B, B-52 |
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