| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
| Image # : |
108-KSC-386C-1094-4 |
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| Date : |
04/09/1986
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Title
STS-51-L Recovered Debris (ET and SRBs)
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 the 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 (ET) and the Solid Rocket
Boosters (SRB). 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 are the remains of the ET and, at
the far end, the frustums of the two SRBs. The frustum is the
section of the conical end of the rocket that remains after the
tip has been removed.
Keywords
STS-51-L Challenger debris external tank space shuttle accident solid rocket booster SRB
Subject Category
Space Shuttle, Challenger STS-51-L,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
108-KSC-386C-1094-4
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2004-00003
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: Digital
| Resolution | Format | Width
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JPEG |
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69 |
20 |
| Small |
JPEG |
550 |
549 |
303 |
| Medium |
JPEG |
1146 |
1144 |
1,047 |
| Large |
JPEG |
2291 |
2288 |
2,930 |
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