Ever Wonder How NASA Recovers Its Rocket Boosters?
When you watch one of NASA’s shuttle launches, it’s difficult to not be impressed by the sheer scale of the shuttle, let alone the rocket boosters that are attached to its underside. When the shuttle is about to leave the Earth’s atmosphere, the boosters are jettisoned and left to fall back into the Ocean. We have always wondered what happens to them after they are disconnected from the shuttle – luckily for us, NASA has posted a 12-minute video to its YouTube channel showing us exactly how the boosters are recovered and brought back to land....