AEDC played vital role in space shuttle development
Tests examining one of the major events in any space shuttle flight – separation of the two spend solid-rocket boosters from the manned orbiter and its external fuel tank – were conducted for NASA. After lifting the shuttle off the launching pad, the boosters would fall back into the sea to be recovered and renovated for use on other shuttle missions. In the AEDC tests, high-pressure air was used to simulate the exhaust of the small rocket motors that will push the booster casing away from the orbiter. Separation under a wide variety of flight conditions was examined in the program. Here a pre-test check of the dual support system that controlled the separation process is monitored by Glenn Rainey, a test facility craftsman for ARO, Inc. (AEDC file photo)
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