Challenger disaster. Roadside spectators viewing the debris,vapour and smoke trails left by the Space Shuttle Challenger after it exploded shortly after launch on 28 January 1986. Challenger exploded at 16:38 UTC,73 seconds after lift-off from the Kennedy Space Centre,Florida,USA. The explosion occurred as a result of a failure of one of the O-rings in a seal on one of the booster rockets. A subsequent leakage of fuel triggered the explosion that killed all seven crew. The disintegration took place over the Atlantic Ocean,off the coast of Florida | |
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