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NASA Image of a solid rocket booster (right) being mated to a Delta II rocket (blue). Two boosters (white) can be seen already attached.

Solid rocket boosters (SRB) or Solid Rocket Motors, SRM, are used to provide thrust in spacecraft launches from the launchpad up to burnout of the SRBs. Many launch vehicles include SRBs, including the Ariane 5, Atlas V (optional for extra thrust), and the NASA Space Shuttle. The NASA Space Shuttle used two Space Shuttle SRBs, which were the largest of their type in production service. The propellant for each solid rocket motor on the Space Shuttle weighed approximately .

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• Related: Liquid Rocket Booster, Solid-fuel rocket, Graphite-Epoxy Motor

NASA website about the solid rocket booster NASA website about the solid rocket booster science.ksc.nasa.gov/.../srb.html#srb - Web

U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission article on so... U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission article on solid propelled rockets www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/SPACEFLIGHT/solids/SP13.htm - Web

NASA CGI video developed for the Ares program show... NASA CGI video developed for the Ares program showing recovery of solid rocket booster www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZfrxUgZSuM#t=1m20s - Web

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