Spaceflight Now: Challenger
Troublesome black smoke at liftoff

SPACEFLIGHT NOW DIGITAL VIDEO
Posted: January 28, 2001

Puffs of black smoke on the right-hand solid rocket booster of space shuttle Challenger provided an early clue of what might have caused the explosion. This narrated movie using film footage was produced by Kennedy Space Center. Source video: NASA (1.1MB, 2min52sec QuickTime file).

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