posted 04-11-2006 06:49 PM
I recall reading that an SRB segment from STS-1 was used on the "return to flight" mission of Discovery on STS-114. Anyone know which section that was? Thanks.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
quote:Though Columbia is no longer flying, parts of the STS-1 launch vehicle continue to lift other orbiters skyward. The white-painted External Tank was purposely left to reenter and break apart after its use (as is the case with all tanks) but the twin solid rocket boosters — the first used for a manned space flight — were recovered and reused. Most recently, the uppermost cylinder of the left booster that launched the return to flight mission after Columbia's loss, STS-114, could be traced back to the April 1981 mission.
Tom Member
Posts: 1597 From: New York Registered: Nov 2000
posted 04-12-2006 03:03 PM
Just what I was looking for. Thanks, Robert. Tom