(NASA photo) But those aren’t the only pieces of shuttle legacy aboard. Many segments of the reusable solid rocket boosters were also migrated to SLS from the space shuttle program, and some of ...

the two side boosters, as well as the Space Shuttle’s external tank, to create its final, vertical display. This will be the first time the vehicle is stacked vertically outside of a NASA ...

The twin rocket boosters, donated by Northrop Grumman, trucked their way over from the Mojave Air and Space Port in October. The 15-story high reusable rocket motors served NASA’s Space Shuttle ...

WASHINGTON — Conversion of shuttle-era solid rocket boosters and engines for use on the Space Launch System has cost NASA billions more and taken years longer than originally planned ...

NASA These concepts aren’t as outlandish ... there’s no saying Rockwell’s shuttle and booster plan couldn’t have happened. Unfortunately, however, the idea was doomed from the beginning.

If you want to see a retired NASA space shuttle ... lifted and then mated with its solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank for the very last shuttle flight in July of 2011.

NASA These concepts aren’t as outlandish ... there’s no saying Rockwell’s shuttle and booster plan couldn’t have happened. Unfortunately, however, the idea was doomed from the beginning.

NASA created these boosters from the Shuttle design. But on the SLS, they're bigger. These 17-story rockets carry 25 percent more fuel than the Shuttle's, and provide 75 percent of the SLS's ...

Workers started early Tuesday carefully lifting and moving the first of the ... boosters in place, and then a 22-story structure will be built around it to house the exhibit. Former NASA astronaut ...

The pair of solid boosters flew on heedlessly ... that station astronauts could give it a visual inspection. NASA also kept another shuttle at the ready in case a mission had to be launched ...

Unlike the streamlined Saturn V, the new rocket has a pair of strap-on boosters refashioned from NASA’s space shuttles. The boosters will peel away after two minutes, just like the shuttle ...