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RMGE4HT4–(April 8, 1986) 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 the accident, search and recovery teams worked for months to bring debris from Shuttle to impoundment areas at the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where reconstruction teams separated the pieces of the orbiter from those of the External Tank and the Solid Rocket Boosters. Taped squares on the floor turned the impoundment areas into a grid in which the reconstruct
RMCWCEDK–Space shuttle Challenger disaster. Six image sequence of the Challenger explosion in progress from 58.8 to 109.6 seconds after
RMDG2622–Photograph of President Reagan and his staff watching a televised replay of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion 198572
RMBYC14R–Challenger disaster, space shuttle Challenger, large flame plume visible above the SRB exhaust nozzle moments before exploding.
RM2F2F3JM–President Ronald Reagan watching the television replay of the space shuttle Challenger explosion.
RMW5W19E–Photograph of President Reagan and his staff watching a televised replay of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion
RM2F2F3KH–President Ronald Reagan watching television replay of Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' explosion.
RMDG11F4–The NASA Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after launch at the Kennedy Space Center January 28, 1986 in Cape Canaveral, FL. All seven crew members were killed.
RM2F2F1TG–President Ronald Reagan and his staff watch televised replay of the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' explosion.
RMFD7014–Arlington, Virginia, USA. 28th January, 2016. The Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial with a wreath as part of NASA's Day of Remembrance on the 30th anniversary of the Challenger explosion at Arlington National Cemetery January 28, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. The wreaths were placed in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.
RMW2G5NF–(1985) --- Astronaut Gregory B. Jarvis, payload specialist (NOTE: Jarvis died in the STS-51L space shuttle Challenger explosion, on Jan. 28, 1986.)
RM2BEMBPM–USA - 28 January 1986 - On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Soli
RM2TJN5YK–On January 28 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch. This image, taken a few seconds after the accident, shows the shuttle's Main Engines & Solid Rocket Booster exhaust plumes entwined around a ball of gas from the External Tank. Because shuttle launches had become routine, those watching the shuttle launch found the sight of the explosion especially shocking & difficult to believe until NASA confirmed the accident Optimised version of an original NASA image / Credit: NASA
RMC613XR–President Reagan and his staff watching a televised replay of the Space Shuttle CHALLENGER explosion. At Reagan's left is speechwriter Patrick Buchanan and Chief of Staff Don Regan. Jan 28 1986. (BSLOC 2011 2 9)
RFJ287PP–Remnants of the destroyed Space Shuttle Challenger displayed at the Visitor Complex at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
RMCWC2TN–President Reagan and his staff watching a televised replay of the Space Shuttle CHALLENGER explosion. At Reagan's left is
RMDHD9AD–Two segments of the left-hand Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) originally slated for space shuttle mission 61-G are separated in the Vehicle Assembly Building. The destack operation is in progress to allow investigators of the space shuttle Challenger explosion
RMMYDTAP–Challenger Explosion - Hurtling out of the conflagration at 78 seconds are the Challenger's left wing, main engines (still burning residual propellant) and the forward fuselage (crew cabin).
RMGE4HRE–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. This photograph, taken a few seconds after the accident, shows the Space Shuttle Main Engines and Solid Rocket Booster exhaust plumes entwined around a ball of gas from the External Tank. Because shuttle launches had become almost routine after fifty successful missions, those watching the shuttle launch in person and on television found the sight of the explosion especially shocking and difficult to believe until
RMW5K55M–Biographical Data: Ellison S. Onizuka; Scope and content: A NASA fact sheet giving basic information on Michael J. Smith, one of the astronauts killed in the January 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion.
RMGE4HRX–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 located pieces of both the left and right sidewall of the Shuttle during the months long retrieval effort that followed. While heat and fire damage scarred the right sidewall, the left sidewall, depicted here, escaped the flames and suffered from only overload fractures and deep gouge marks. The largest intact piece formed part of the payload bay sidewall and measured approximately thirty
RMGE4HT0–(March 7, 1986) 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 pie
RMFD700Y–Arlington, Virginia, USA. 28th January, 2016. NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman bows her head after placing a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial as part of NASA's Day of Remembrance on the 30th anniversary of the Challenger explosion at Arlington National Cemetery January 28, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. The wreaths were placed in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.
RMGE4HRF–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 teams later retrieved pieces from the Atlantic Ocean. The recovered airlock, which joined the payload bay to the crew module, rests in storage with other debris from the Shuttle's final mission.
RM2MHAF9A–Arlington, USA. 26th Jan, 2023. Arlington, USA. 26 January, 2023. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson takes part in a wreath ceremony at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial during the NASA Day of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery, January 26, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. NASA Day of Remembrance, honors the men and women who lost their lives in exploration and discovery of space. Credit: Elizabeth Fraser/U.S. Army/Alamy Live News
RMGE4HT7–(January 20, 1987) 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.
RMFDB7AA–The Space Mirror Memorial during NASA's Day of Remembrance on the 30th anniversary of the Challenger explosion at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex January 28, 2016 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A ceremony was held in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.
RMGE4HRW–(April 22, 1986) 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. Using submarines and sonar, among other equipment, to scan the ocean floor for debris, search and recovery teams located many pieces of the Shuttle. Shown here is the forward skirt of the right Solid Rocket Booster (SRB), which transfers thrust loads from the SRB to the External Tank and contains much of the SRB's electrical and instrumentation subsystem.
RM2GD3G5D–The Space Shuttle Challenger taking off This is the ill-fated mission STS-51L. The flame on the booster can clearly be seen. The shuttle exploded seconds later.
RMGE4HT1–(April 15, 1986) 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 other debris found in the ocean, search and recovery teams located this piece of the right vertical stabilizer. Although the stabilizer's surface suffered some heat discoloration and burns, the inner aluminum structure showed no signs of having melted. Investigators found various pieces of material from other parts of the Shuttle embedded into the surface of the thermal protection tiles, as w
RMGE4HRH–(April 14, 1986) 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. Shown here is an interior view of the scorched hole in Space Shuttle Challenger's right Solid Rocket Motor. The tapered edges along the hole indicate the inside to outside path of the fire that lead to the accident. A propellant fire in the right Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) burned its way outward through the metal, breaching the liquid hydrogen tank and possibly separating the External Tank from the
RM2BEMBT2–USA - 28 January 1986 - At about 76 seconds, fragments of the Orbiter can be seen tumbling against a background of fire, smoke and vaporized propellan
RMGE4HT5–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 the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) from the ocean after the accident and brought them to a storage building in Kennedy Space Center's Complex 39. Although impact with the ocean damaged some valves, the positions of others suggest that the SSME continued to operate until the orbiter breakup and thus played no part in initiating the explosion. Image #: Date: March 6, 1986
RMW5P3EE–January 28, 1986 letter from John A. Howard to Ronald Reagan, regarding Howard's column on the Space Shuttle Challenger accident; Scope and content: Letter from the president of the Rockford Institute (a conservative think tank) to President Reagan, written on the day of the space shuttle Challenger explosion.
RMGE4HT2–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. Image #: Date: March 19, 1986
RFJ24TKE–Remnants of the destroyed Space Shuttle Challenger displayed at the Visitor Complex at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
RMGE4GA2–(January 28, 1986) 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. On the day of Space Shuttle Challenger's launch, icicles draped the Kennedy Space Center. The unusually cold weather, beyond the tolerances for which the rubber seals were approved, most likely caused the O-ring failure.
RMCWCEDE–Space shuttle Challenger disaster. 76 seconds into flight, reddish-brown cloud envelops the disintegrating shuttle. Fragments
RMGE4HRG–(January 30, 1986) 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.
RMW2HE6M–(28 Jan. 1986) --- Main engine exhaust, solid rocket booster plume and an expanding ball of gas from the external tank is visible seconds after the space shuttle Challenger accident on Jan. 28, 1986. (NOTE: The 51-L crew members lost their lives in the space shuttle Challenger accident moments after launch on Jan. 28, 1986 from the Kennedy Space Center.)
RMGE4HRJ–(April 8, 1986) 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 the accident, search and recovery teams worked for months to bring debris from the Shuttle to impoundment areas at the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where reconstruction teams separated the pieces of the Orbiter from those of the External Tank (ET) and the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB). Taped squares on the floor turned the impoundment areas into a grid in which
RMFD7010–Arlington, Virginia, USA. 28th January, 2016. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Deputy Administrator Dava Newman, left, lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns as part of NASA's Day of Remembrance on the 30th anniversary of the Challenger explosion at Arlington National Cemetery January 28, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. The wreaths were placed in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News
RMGE4HT6–(February 17, 1986) 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. On this mission, the Space Shuttle Challenger's payload bay carried an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) rocket that was to launch an attached Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) from space. Search and recovery teams lifted pieces of the 40,000- pound IUS/TDRS from the Atlantic Ocean. Although the pieces were badly deformed, the lack of any fire damage marring the debris supports the investigative
RM2GD3G5Y–The famous Puff of Smoke from Shuttle Challenger on flight STS-51L. The smoke marks the failure of the O-ring, leading to the break-up of the shuttle 73 seconds later.
RMFB1YBC–Washington, DC., USA, 25th June, 1985 President Ronald Reagan talks about the space shuttle program in the East Room of the White House. This was for the final selection for a teacher to go in space on the shuttle. Christa McAuliffe was picked as the teacher to go into space. She died when the shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986. Credit: Mark Reinstein
RM2GD3G60–The Space Shuttle Challenger taking off from Cape Canaveral. This is the ill-fated mission STS-51L, in which the shuttle was destroyed after the failure of an O-Ring in the solid booster
RFP445T6–Remnants of the destroyed Space Shuttle Challenger displayed at the Visitor Complex at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
RFR6BN4H–Challenger Memorial Stone at the US Rocket and Space Center in Huntsville, AL, with the Shuttle Training Aircraft on exhibition in the background
RMTYD2RP–Photograph of President Reagan and his staff watching a televised replay of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion
RFW5DR6X–TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA - AUG 22, 2018: Kennedy Space Center. The remains of the Challenger shuttle on exhibit.
RMCWCEDP–Space shuttle Challenger disaster. Recovery teams retrieved pieces of the Challenger from the Atlantic Ocean. Jan. 30, 1986.
RM2BEXF3K–Challenger Explosion - Hurtling out of the conflagration at 78 seconds are the Challenger's left wing, main engines (still burning residual propellant) and the forward fuselage (crew cabin).
RMM9YF7K–Washington, DC., USA, June 25, 1985 President Ronald Reagan talks about the space shuttle program in the East Room of the White House. This was for the final selection for a teacher to go in space on the shuttle. Christa McAuliffe was picked as the teacher to go into space. She died when the shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986. Credit: Mark Reinstein/MediaPunch
RMMYDTGR–Challenger Explosion --- Close-up view of the liftoff of the Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51L. A cloud of grey-brown smoke can be seen on the right side of the Solid Rocket Booster on a line directly across from the letter 'U' in United States. This was the first visible sign that an SRB joint breach may have occured.
RMW0MNW2–Official NASA portrait, taken in 1985, of Gregory B. Jarvis, Payload Specialist for STS-51-L. On January 28, 1986, at 11:39 a.m. EST, 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 73 seconds after launch. UPI
RM2M8B56A–Members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard circulate with their audience at Disneyland following a memorial salute to the crew of the space shuttle Challenger. All seven members of the Challenger crew were killed in an explosion minutes after lift off on January 28, 1986. Base: Anaheim State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RMFB1YBJ–Washington, DC., USA, 25th June, 1985 President Ronald Reagan talks about the space shuttle program in the East Room of the White House. This was for the final selection for a teacher to go in space on the shuttle. Christa McAuliffe was picked as the teacher to go into space. She died when the shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986. Credit: Mark Reinstein
RF2R24P5N–Huntsville USA 10th Feb 2023: the Shuttle Training Aircraft Grumman Gulfstream II in U.S. Space Rocket Center. This NASA training vehicle
RMKT8KGP–Capt. Michael J. Smith, buried in Section 7A, grave 208-1 of Arlington National Cemetery, was killed in the Jan. 28, 1986, explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. A Navy full-honor memorial service took place at the Old Post Chapel at Fort Myer. (U.S. Army photo by Rachel Larue/released)
RFR6BN56–Challenger Memorial Stone at the US Rocket and Space Center in Huntsville, AL, with the Shuttle Training Aircraft on exhibition in the background
RMTXXCJD–Biographical Data: Ellison S. Onizuka; Scope and content: A NASA fact sheet giving basic information on Michael J. Smith, one of the astronauts killed in the January 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion.
RMCWCED5–Space shuttle Challenger disaster. At 58.778 seconds into the flight, a large flame plume is visible on the booster rocket,
RMMA1FXH–Washington, DC., USA, June 25, 1985 President Ronald Reagan talks about the space shuttle program in the East Room of the White House. This was for the final selection for a teacher to go in space on the shuttle. Christa McAuliffe was picked as the teacher to go into space. She died when the shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986. Credit: Mark Reinstein/MediaPunch
RM2BEXF42–Challenger Explosion --- Close-up view of the liftoff of the Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51L. A cloud of grey-brown smoke can be seen on the right side of the Solid Rocket Booster on a line directly across from the letter 'U' in United States. This was the first visible sign that an SRB joint breach may have occured.
RMM9YFM6–Washington, DC., USA, June 25, 1985 President Ronald Reagan talks about the space shuttle program in the East Room of the White House. This was for the final selection for a teacher to go in space on the shuttle. Christa McAuliffe was picked as the teacher to go into space. She died when the shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986. Credit: Mark Reinstein/MediaPunch
RMW0MNTT–Official NASA portrait, taken on January 8, 1981, of astronaut Michael J. Smith, Pilot for STS-51-L. On January 28, 1986, at 11:39 a.m. EST, 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 73 seconds after launch. UPI
RM2M8B53R–Members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard carry M-1 .30-caliber rifles as they perform at Disneyland during a salute in memory of the crew of the space shuttle Challenger. All seven members of the Challenger crew were killed in an explosion minutes after lift off on January 28, 1986. Base: Anaheim State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RMFB1YB9–Washington, DC., USA, 25th June, 1985 President Ronald Reagan talks about the space shuttle program in the East Room of the White House. This was for the final selection for a teacher to go in space on the shuttle. Christa McAuliffe was picked as the teacher to go into space. She died when the shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986. Credit: Mark Reinstein
RMKT8KGY–Lt. Col. Francis R. Scobee, U.S. Air Force, Section 46, grave 1129-4 of Arlington National Cemetery, was interred May 19, 1986. Scobee was killed in the Jan. 28, 1986, explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. An Air Force full-honor memorial service was held at the Old Post Chapel at Fort Myer. (U.S. Army photo by Rachel Larue/released)
RMTY6FW3–January 28, 1986 letter from John A. Howard to Ronald Reagan, regarding Howard's column on the Space Shuttle Challenger accident; Scope and content: Letter from the president of the Rockford Institute (a conservative think tank) to President Reagan, written on the day of the space shuttle Challenger explosion.
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