Space Shuttle SRB Field Joint Redesign Desk Model

Executive desk model showing the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) field joint as designed for the first 25 Space Shuttle flights on the left, and the design changes incorporated following the Challenger accident next to it. This side-by-side life size scale model of the SRB motor tongue and grove connections before and after the Challenger accident that served as a demonstration piece during Engineering design reviews. Item is 8 inches tall, 6 inches wide and 1.25 inched deep.