The SRB segments for NGL will be roughly the same diameter as the SRB segments used during the Space Shuttle program as well as those that will be used for SLS; however, NGL’s SRB segments will ...

If both failed, the SRB would not be steerable. Another sudden CRIT 1 failure. And then there was that chafed wire and the potential short circuit. As the Shuttle lifted off, the commander ...

SLS will use up the existing Shuttle SRB casing inventory. Unlike Shuttle, SLS’s SRBs will not be recovered after launch – meaning NGIS will eventually run out of already-made SRB casings ...

A tiny igniter sits poised behind the bag waiting for the signal to set off the solid propellant (think Space Shuttle SRB). When it goes, a large volume of nitrogen gas is released at about 200 ...