| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| Image # : |
108-KSC-386C-955-9 |
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| Date : |
03/20/1986
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Title
STS-51-L Recovered Debris (O-Ring Tracks on Right SRB Joint)
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.
Among over forty other pieces of Space Shuttle Challenger's Solid
Rocket Boosters (SRB), search and recovery teams located this
joint from the right hand side, which retained traces of O-ring
seal tracks. Samples of the track material underwent chemical
analysis that indicated that they were not composed of degraded
O-ring seal material.
Keywords
STS-51-L Challenger debris space shuttle accident SRB solid
Rocket booster right o-ring joint
Subject Category
Space Shuttle, Challenger STS-51-L,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
108-KSC-386C-955-9
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2004-00010
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: Digital
| Resolution | Format | Width
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JPEG |
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68 |
19 |
Small |
JPEG |
541 |
542 |
291 |
Medium |
JPEG |
1126 |
1129 |
1,022 |
Large |
JPEG |
2252 |
2258 |
3,740 |
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