holddown

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There's been a complete holddown on all commercial travel.

CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2001 2001
Endeavour returns home to KSC - review notes SRB holddown post issue

NASASpaceFlight.com 2009
STS-119 should be fully protected from the holddown post debris threat

NASASpaceFlight.com 2009
The need for a solution to be certified in time for the next launch is made clear by the resulting findings of the assessment study, which shows debris from the holddown posts to be an impact threat on the vehicle.

NASASpaceFlight.com 2009
That risk is also reduced by flight history, with only one other comparable event with the holddown post DCS occurring over the history of the shuttle program -

NASASpaceFlight.com 2009
Endeavour returns home to KSC - review notes SRB holddown post issue

NASASpaceFlight.com 2009
Endeavour returns home to KSC - review notes SRB holddown post issue

NASASpaceFlight.com 2009
Risk assessment notes holddown post debris threat to shuttle

NASASpaceFlight.com 2009
Review notes excellent performance of STS-126's Reusable Solid Rocket Motors Endeavour returns home to KSC - review notes SRB holddown post issue Positive news on SARJ status - Flight preps for latest STS-119 date

NASASpaceFlight.com 2009
An assessment into the holddown post failure on STS-126's launch has found that debris that is not captured by the Debris Containment System (DCS) is capable of impacting the vehicle during launch.

NASASpaceFlight.com 2009