| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| Image # : |
108-KSC-386C-1094-11 |
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| Date : |
04/09/1986
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Title
STS-51-L Recovered Debris (Orbiter)
Full Description
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her
seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right
Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch.
After the accident, search and recovery teams worked for months
to bring debris from Shuttle to impoundment areas at the Kennedy
Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where
reconstruction teams separated the pieces of the orbiter from
those of the External Tank and the Solid Rocket Boosters. Taped
squares on the floor turned the impoundment areas into a grid in
which the reconstruction teams could piece together the Shuttle
debris like a puzzle with many missing segments. Shown here is
the reassembled Orbiter.
Keywords
STS-51-L Challenger debris orbiter space shuttle accident
Subject Category
Space Shuttle, Challenger STS-51-L,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
108-KSC-386C-1094-11
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2004-00002
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: Digital
| Resolution | Format | Width
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JPEG |
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69 |
22 |
Small |
JPEG |
551 |
550 |
332 |
Medium |
JPEG |
1148 |
1146 |
1,127 |
Large |
JPEG |
2295 |
2291 |
3,028 |
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