Image:Challenger liftoff (STST-51-L).jpg

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Source: NASA

  • Photo ID: STS51L(S)156
  • Program: Shuttle
  • Mission: STS-51L
  • Date Taken: 1986-01-28
  • Film Type: 35mm
  • Title: Liftoff of the Shuttle Challenger for STS 51-L mission
  • Description: Liftoff of the Shuttle Challenger for STS 51-L mission (154); Orbiter has just left Launch pad 39B. Large tank of liquified hydrogen is visible at the waters edge in the right side of the view (155); Many birds take flight as the Orbiter Challenger begins to leave the launch pad (156); A cloud of black smoke cover the left side of this view of the Challenger's STST 51-L launch (157).

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