![]() The aft skirt contains the thrust vector control system that steers the nozzle based on commands from the booster avionics. The booster forward skirt houses booster avionics that communicate with the SLS avionics to monitor booster conditions and steer the booster exhaust nozzle. The other booster components are assembled in the Booster Fabrication Facility at Kennedy Space Center. Improved nondestructive evaluation processes They undergo a rigorous nondestructive inspection process to confirm each motor’s readiness for flight. The motors that include the propellant are the largest single component of each booster. The five booster motors are manufactured by Northrop Grumman in Utah. ![]() Though based on the shuttle booster, the SLS booster benefits from several design, process, and testing improvements for greater performance, safety, and affordability.Īll booster components use steel cases repurposed from cases used on prior space shuttle flights. Additionally, the SLS booster will be optimized for a single use, while the shuttle booster was designed to be reused. The major physical difference between the shuttle and SLS boosters is the addition of a fifth propellant segment to the four-segment shuttle booster, allowing NASA’s new launch- er to lift more weight than the shuttle. Together, the SLS twin boosters provide more than 75 percent of the total SLS thrust at launch. ![]() ![]() Standing 17 stories tall and burning approximately six tons of propellant every second, each booster generates more thrust than 14 four-engine jumbo commercial airliners. The SLS booster is the largest, most powerful solid propellant booster that will ever fly. This makes it possible to send astronauts to distant destinations including Mars. ![]() The boosters contribute to the power that SLS needs to launch payloads with more mass and volume to deep space than any rocket ever built. NASA’s new rocket, the SLS, is the only rocket that can send the Orion spacecraft, astronauts, and a large cargo to the Moon on a single mission. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket booster is based on three decades of knowledge and experience gained with the space shuttle booster, and improved with the latest technology. ![]()
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