| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| Image # : |
86-HC-75 |
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| Date : |
01/30/1986
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Title
STS-51-L Debris Aboard the USGS Cutter Dallas
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. With
the help of the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy, search and
recovery teams began retrieving pieces of the Shuttle from the
Atlantic Ocean soon after the accident. Vessels brought the
debris to the Trident Basin at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,
where they waited to be shipped to Kennedy Space Center for
investigation. The USCG Cutter Dallas transported this fragment
of exterior tiling.
Keywords
STS-51-L Challenger space shuttle accident debris coast guard
Subject Category
Space Shuttle, Challenger STS-51-L,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
86-HC-75
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2004-00013
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: Digital
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
Thumbnail |
JPEG |
85 |
107 |
34 |
Small |
JPEG |
683 |
859 |
479 |
Medium |
JPEG |
1422 |
1790 |
1,342 |
Large |
JPEG |
2845 |
3580 |
4,175 |
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