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Challenger explosion
Taken on 28 January 1986
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/10697912315/in/album-72157630719371642/
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Short Description: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after take-off.
Full Description: On January 28, 1986, the Challenger space shuttle 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 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 24 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 NASA confirmed the accident.
Image # : 86-HC-220
Title: Exhaust Trail of STS-51-L
