NASA Photo ID: S81-30509           File Name: 10060339.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 04/20/81
Title: Selected frames of the SRB separation during STS-1 launch path
Description:
Selected frames of the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) separation during STS-1 
launch path. Views include scenes taken by a 16mm camera mounted in the 
umbilical walls of the Columbia's external fuel tanks. View is of the 
separation of the SRB on the left side at an altitude of 24 nautical miles 
(30504,30506); separation of the external tank following the shutdown of
the  vehicle's three main engines (30505,30509); begining of the separation
of the  SRBs at an altitude of 24 nautical miles. Much of this photo is of
the aft  dome of the external tank (30507-8).               

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