Mystery Solved: Stratofox Recovers CSXT Booster

Aerial fly-by, Saturday November 17, 2004

On November 17, 2004, two days after we had received coordinates from BLM of where their wild-horse helicopter survey came across the booster, local-area resident Ken Samuelson KS2R flew over the site, successfully located the booster and took pictures.

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(1951x1330 329K) (500x341 45K) Nov 17 aerial photo of the booster. This gave us the first glimpse into the condition of the booster. (photo by Ken Samuelson KS2R)

(882x735 66K) (500x417 38K) An overlay of what an undamaged booster would look like shows that the front 3 feet have crumpled on impact. The fin canister also came loose and slid all the way forward. (photo by Ken Samuelson KS2R, overlay by Jerry Larson)

Back up to the Stratofox search for the CSXT Booster

(1951x1330 329K) (500x341 45K)	Nov 17 aerial photo of the booster. This gave us the first glimpse into the condition of the booster. (photo by Ken Samuelson KS2R)
(882x735 66K) (500x417 38K)	An overlay of what an undamaged booster would look like shows that the front 3 feet have crumpled on impact. The fin canister also came loose and slid all the way forward. (photo by Ken Samuelson KS2R, overlay by Jerry Larson)