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STS-51-L's Final Resting Place at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Main Content
NASA Center: Kennedy Space Center
Image # : 87-HC-18
Date : 01/20/1987

Title

STS-51-L's Final Resting Place at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

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 investigators concluded their report on the accident, the debris was moved from Kennedy Space Center's Complex 39 to permanent storage in two secure abandoned Minuteman Missile silos at Complex 31 on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Keywords

STS-51-L Challenger space shuttle accident debris Cape Canaveral air force station silo Complex 31

Subject Category

Space Shuttle, Challenger STS-51-L,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: KSC
  • Center Number: 87-HC-18
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2004-00014

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: Digital

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(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 112 86 3
Small JPEG 969 741 434
Medium JPEG 2018 1543 1,312
Large JPEG 4035 3087 4,209

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