solid rocket booster
Americannoun
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During Fire Point’s early days, someone painted a solid rocket booster prototype Barbie pink as a joke.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Crews were then able to place the 177 pins attaching each solid rocket motor to the base of the solid rocket booster, known as the aft skirt.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023
The solid rocket booster segments are also recycled from the shuttle program.
From Scientific American • Mar. 19, 2021
After a lengthy investigation it was determined that an O-ring seal in the joint of the right solid rocket booster failed resulting in the catastrophic destruction of the spacecraft.
From Washington Times • Jan. 30, 2021
In 1986, the Shuttle Challenger was destroyed about a minute after liftoff, when a hole burned through the side of a solid rocket booster, causing a gigantic explosion.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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