Ten years on, Northrop Grumman reflects on changes to Solid Rocket Motors from Shuttle to SLS era

Source: NASA Spaceflight
Date Published: 07/08/2021

Ten years ago, on 8 July 2011, two, four-segment Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) came to life on LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, propelling the orbiter Atlantis and her four person crew upwards toward space on the 135th and final Space Shuttle mission.