Stock photography picture of NASA Rocket Garden John F Kennedy Space Center Cape Canaveral Florida USA JMH1181

A6E3MB - Licenced Caption NASA Rocket Garden John F Kennedy Space Center Cape Canaveral Florida USA JMH1181 Description Space Shuttle Orbiter Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) in static display. The two SRBs provide the main thrust to lift the space shuttle off the launch pad and up to an altitude of about 150,000 feet, or 24 nautical miles (28 statute miles). In addition, the two SRBs carry the entire weight of the external tank and orbiter and transmit the weight load through their structure to the mobile launcher platform. Each booster has a thrust of approximately 3,300,000 pounds at launch. They are ignited after the three space shuttle main engines' thrust level is verified. The two SRBs provide 71.4 percent of the thrust at lift-off and during first-stage ascent. Seventy-five seconds after SRB separation, SRB apogee occurs at an altitude of approximately 220,000 feet, or 35 nautical miles (41 statute miles). SRB impact occurs in the ocean approximately 122 nautical miles (141 statute miles) downrange. Keywords nasa, national, aeronautics, and, space, administration, spaceport, race, rocket, garden, president, john, f, fitzgerald, kennedy, space, center, centre, ksc, cape, canaveral, titusville, merritt, island, orlando, florida, fl, fla, usa, united, states, of, america, american, east, coast, coastal, east, sunshine, state, atlantic, ocean, destination, destinations, travel, trip, vacation, holiday, holidays, leisure, tourism, tourist, exploration, outside, exterior, scenic, attraction, theme, park, excursion, moon, apollo, mission, walk, science, technology, final, frontier, communicate, communication, power, powerful, blast, off, engine, horizontal, landscape, JMH1181