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    Ten years on, Northrop Grumman reflects on changes to Solid Rocket Motors from Shuttle to SLS era

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    It marked the 269th and 270th flight firings of an SRB for the Shuttle program and the 265th and 266th and final recoveries of the iconic rocket motors, which always flew in pairs — not just in terms of a full booster stack but for each individual motor segment as well that was paired with a “propellant twin” upon casting in Utah.

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