Solid rocket booster separates, first Space Shuttle flight, 12 April 1981. Creator: NASA

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Solid rocket booster separates, first Space Shuttle flight, 12 April 1981. Creator: NASA

Solid rocket booster separates, first Space Shuttle flight, 12 April 1981. STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first mission of Orbiter Columbia, and the first orbital spaceflight of NASAs Space Shuttle programme. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA. The solid rocket boosters fire for the first two minutes of flight, along with the shuttles main engines, in order for the spacecraft to break free of Earths gravity. Here they are seen dropping away, no longer needed, as Columbia passes an altitude of about 28 miles

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