Detail View: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection: Stacking Solid Rocket Booster Segments
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Name of Image:
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Stacking Solid Rocket Booster Segments
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Full Description:
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This photograph shows stacking of the left side of the solid rocket booster (SRB) segments in the Dynamic Test Stand at the east test area of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Staging shown here are the aft skirt, aft segment, and aft center segment. The SRB was attached to the external tank (ET) and then the orbiter later for the Mated Vertical Ground Vibration Test (MVGVT), that resumed in October 1978. The stacking of a complete Shuttle in the Dynamic Test Stand allowed test engineers to perform ground vibration testing on the Shuttle in its liftoff configuration. The purpose of the MVGVT is to verify that the Space Shuttle would perform as predicted during launch. The platforms inside the Dynamic Test Stand were modified to accommodate two SRB's to which the ET was attached.
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Date of Image:
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1978-09-01
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Category:
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Space Shuttle Projects
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term:
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MVGVT
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facet_what:
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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facet_where:
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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facet_when:
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October 1978
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facet_when_year:
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1978
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Reference Number:
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
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MIX #:
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7891966
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NIX #:
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MSFC-7891966
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MSFC Negative Number:
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7891966
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UID:
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SPD-MARSH-7891966
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original url:
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http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1670
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