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What is the cabling on the exterior of the SLS solid rocket boosters that wasn't on the shuttle solid rocket boosters?
That is the new "systems tunnel" the runs up to the forward skirt avionics. This cabling is to connect the forward skirt avionics (where the majority of the avionics are) with the aft skirt ...
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What is pictured in this SHERLOC camera?
That is a camera calibration target, specifically the Intensity Target Maze.
Purpose:
The top target row consists of
five targets used for SHERLOC calibration including
Raman and fluorescence ...
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What space capsule is this part from?
I agree with the first comment, we would need dimensions of the component. That being said NTRS is my first go to place for documentation:
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/
Specifically (in this case) the Apollo ...
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