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...changes, none was more carefully scrutinized than the redesign of what proved to be Challenger's fatal flaw: the joint between segments of the solid-fuel rocket booster. Zeroing in on the booster joints, which are sealed by rubber O rings that are supposed to prevent leaks of superhot gas from the burning fuel, a team composed of outside experts as well as specialists from NASA and Morton Thiokol, manufacturer of the rocket, evolved a design that eventually withstood five full-scale, two-minute stationary firing tests at Thiokol's Utah proving grounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: The Magic Is Back! | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

Just how well the Discovery's booster rocketsperformed in their new design awaited detailedanalysis. But J.R. Thompson, who directed the workfrom the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabamasaid, "From everything I see, everything looksgreat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Discovery Lifts Off In Flawless Launch | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

Anxiety was highest as the ship went through a30-second period of severe aerodynamic stress. Itwas during this stage of the flight that one ofChallenger's booster rockets failed and triggeredthe January 28, 1986 catastrophe, 73 seconds afterlift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Discovery Lifts Off In Flawless Launch | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...shuttle booster rockets, blamed for the Challenger tragedy, have undergone an $800 million redesign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Space Shuttle Discovery Takes Off Today | 9/29/1988 | See Source »

...with a booster rocket being readied for a twin of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite the Discovery crew is to launch six hours after liftoff. A cut on a small sealing O-ring on the booster rocket, destined for flight next February, was found to have a tiny cut -- apparently caused by a metal burr...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Space Shuttle Discovery Takes Off Today | 9/29/1988 | See Source »

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