MPTA-ET & SRBs

Artifact — Date: 2015 | Photo by: Chris Griffith

Beneath Pathfinder, one of the orbiter test vehicles, is the Main Propulsion Test Article External Tank (MPTA-ET). This tank was used inconjunction with several main engine tests. Attached to the MPTA-ET are two Shuttle Rocket Booster (SRB) casings, which had previously been prepared to launch polar-orbit missions from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Type: Booster
Kind: Engineering Test Articles
Vehicle: STS SRBs and MPTA-ET
Location: US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama

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Location: US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Date: 2015
Photos by: Chris Griffith