Space Shuttle Era: External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters

PBS Learning Media
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Classroom Material
Keywords
NPE NPE11 vital New York NASA space shuttle external tank solid rocket boosters shuttle stack ET external fuel tank columbia accident Columbia disaster SRBs launch rockets booster rockets
Subjects
Science STEAM
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Audience
Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Space Shuttle Era: External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters

It takes an enormous amount of force to lift the space shuttle off the ground and into space. In this video from NASA, learn about the fuel that provides this lift, and the external fuel tank that is specially designed to store all this fuel. Also learn about the solid rocket boosters that work together with the external tank to provide the needed thrust to get the shuttle into orbit.
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PBS Learning Media

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