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they come off the space shuttle and fall into the ocean and navy ships find them and bring them back to NASA

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They land in the ocean and are recovered for reuse. No booster has been reused more than 7 times.

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Q: What happens to the space shuttles rocket boosters after they are jettisoned?
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How do shuttles and stations get into space?

Stations are built in space; Shuttles use rocket boosters.


How do space shuttles launch?

they launch by giving them power and fire ANSWER Two Solid Rocket Boosters. It takes about two minutes for these rockets to get the Shuttle to about 47Km from earth. The Rockets are jettisoned and picked up to be reused.


Why do space shuttles have solid rocket boosters?

to beat gravity of the earth


At what altitude do solid rocket boosters fall off?

The SRBs are jettisoned from the shuttle system at 2 minutes and an altitude of about 146,000 feet (44.5 km).


What part of the space shuttle circles earth?

The space shuttle orbiter orbits the earth. The solid rocket boosters are jettisoned within the earth's atmosphere, around two minutes after launch and the External Fuel Tank is jettisoned once in space.


What did they use to propel the early space shuttles into space?

Same: solid rocket boosters and liquid hydrogen/oxygen main engines.


After rocket launch how do the rocket boosters and external tank be retrieved?

About three minutes into a Space Shuttle launch, the Solid Rocket Boosters are jettisoned and fall back to the Earth. Parachutes are used to slow the solid rocket boosters down so that they hit the water at a safe speed that won't cause any damage. Recovery ships from the Kennedy Space Center then sail to their location, pick up the boosters, and take them back to be refurbished and used again. About nine minutes into the flight, the external fuel tank is jettisoned. Because of the high altitude, there is no way to bring the external tank back to Earth intact. Instead, the external tank is allowed to re-enter the atmosphere, where it is burned up and destroyed over the Indian Ocean.


What happens when the first stage of the rocket runs out of fuel?

The first stage is jettisoned, to fall back to earth, as the fuel runs out.


How many rocket boosters are on a rocket ship?

3 mainly but it can be more or less depending on the rocket


What happens when the first stage of the multistage rocket runs out of fuel?

The first stage is jettisoned, to fall back to earth, as the fuel runs out.


What drops off and are parachuted into the ocean after the space shuttle takes off?

The solid rocket boosters are jettisoned as their fuel runs out. Their fall is slowed by parachutes and they are later recovered and returned to the Kennedy Space Center for refurbishing and reuse on later missions.


What happens to solid rocket boosters and the external tank after launch?

the rocket boosters and the external tank has their own parachute deployed after the separation and a given altitude. As they go down back to earth they are intended to land in the ocean where they will be recovered and put back to service.