Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident

A second flash, attributed to rupture of the liquid oxygen tank, occurred above the booster/tank forward attachment (below left) and grew in milliseconds to the maximum size indicated in the computer drawing.

A second flash, attributed to rupture of the liquid oxygen tank, occurred above the booster/tank forward attachment (below left) and grew in milliseconds to the maximum size indicated in the computer drawing.

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