| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| Image # : |
108-KSC-386C-902-2 |
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| Date : |
03/07/1986
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Title
STS-51-L Recovered Debris (Left Solid Rocket Booster)
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.
Search and recovery teams lifted this fragment of the Shuttle's
Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) from the ocean onto a waiting ship and
then returned it to Kennedy Space Center for the investigation
into causes of the accident. A chemical profile on the
propellant traces remaining on the metal combined with its ocean
location in comparison to radar trajectory charts led the teams
to conclude that this piece of debris belonged to the left-hand
SRB.
Keywords
STS-51-L Challenger debris space shuttle accident SRB solid
rocket booster left sea
Subject Category
Space Shuttle, Challenger STS-51-L,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
108-KSC-386C-902-2
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2004-00009
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: Digital
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