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English: S81-30954 (14 April 1981) --- The solid rocket booster recovery ship UTC Liberty heads for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after retrieving one of the two booster casings from the STS-1 launch. The vessel had been tied up overnight at the Trident Submarine Basin at Port Canaveral, from which point this photo was taken. The boosters and the parachutes that bring them to safe landings in the Atlantic east of Kennedy Space Center are recovered at sea, dewatered and towed to processing facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Date Taken on 14 April 1981
Source http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/
Author NASA
Object location28° 24′ 59.54″ N, 80° 35′ 43.62″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo


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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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