KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the NASA Railroad train hauling the solid rocket booster segments from the STS-122 mission begins rolling on the long journey to Utah. After a mission, the spent boosters are recovered, cleaned, disassembled, refurbished and reused after each launch. After hydrolasing the interior of each segment, they are placed on flatbed trucks. The individual booster segments are transferred to a railhead located at the railroad yard. The covered segments will be moved to Titusville for interchange with Florida East Coast Railway to begin the trip back to the Thiokol plant in Wa¬satch, Utah. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date March 5, 2008