Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident

Volume 3: Appendix O - NASA Search, Recovery and Reconstruction Task Force Team Report

Volume 2: Enclosure 9: CONTACT #131 AND #712 RECOVERED RH SRB AFT FIELD JOINT EVALUATION.

 

Photograph 5. Interior View of SSC No. 131 Piece. Note Tapered Edges of Casing Indicating Burn-Through from the Inside to the Outside.
Photograph 5. Interior View of SSC No. 131 Piece. Note Tapered Edges of Casing Indicating Burn-Through from the Inside to the Outside.
 
 
 
Photograph 6. 17-Inch Crack in SSC No. 131.
 
Photograph 6. 17-Inch Crack in SSC No. 131.

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