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Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster

Space Shuttle Columbia climbs skyward on its second mission into space from NASAïs Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 12, 1981. This photograph shows one of the two giant solid rocket boosters firing to provide the lionïs share of the orbiterïs lift for the first 24 nautical miles of ascent into space.

Credits - NASA