Investigations of foreign material in a drain tube, from the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) of a recent Space Shuttle mission, was identified as pollen. The source of the pollen is from deposits made by bees, collecting pollen from plants found at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The pollen is determined to have been present in the frustum drain tubes before the shuttle flight. During the flight the pollen did not undergo thermal maturation.


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    Title :

    Palynological Investigation of Post-Flight Solid Rocket Booster Foreign Material


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    2008-01-01


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    Miscellaneous


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    Language :

    English





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