March 18, 2011

Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 candrea k thomas@nasa gov

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael curie@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-063

NASA RELEASES FIRST-EVER HD FOOTAGE OF SRB RECOVERY SHIP MISSION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- For the first time, NASA has released high-definition video taken during the retrieval of solid rocket booster segments from the Atlantic Ocean The solid rocket boosters provided 144 million pounds of thrust for the final launch of space shuttle Discovery on its STS-133 mission

After each shuttle launch, crew members of the Liberty Star and Freedom Star retrieval ships pull the spent boosters out of the ocean and return them to Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida After they are processed, the boosters are transported to Utah, where they are refurbished and stored, if necessary

The video includes high-definition video footage from the recovery ships and time-lapse footage of recovery efforts on Freedom Star

The footage was captured with a Panasonic HPX 3700 high-definition, cinema-style camera with 1080 progressive scanning at 24 frames per second

The video will be broadcast on NASA Television's Video File For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

To view the video on the Kennedy YouTube page, visit:

http://www youtube com/nasakennedy

To request extended documentation of both ships' operations, contact the Kennedy video librarian, Margaret Persinger, at margaret a persinger@nasa gov

For more information about the Space Shuttle Program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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