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USA SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER EXPLOSION
Wreckage from the shuttle Challenger explosion retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean & returned to Cape Canaveral Air Force Base for investigation. Mission 51- L launched from Cape Kennedy on the 28th January 1986 exploded seventy three seconds after lift off due to a failure of one of the O- rings in a seal on the right hand solid rocket booster. A subsequent leakage of fuel resulted in the explosion which killed all seven crew members. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY.)
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License
Rights Managed
Date created
19870113
Place
CAPE CANAVERAL USA VEREINIGTE STAATEN AMERIKA
Credit
KEYSTONE
Source
SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY SPL
Byline
NASA.
Size
3676 x 4791 px
File type
JPEG