![This is a close-out photograph of the O-ring in the top of the aft segment of the right solid rocket booster flown on space shuttle Challenger mission 51-L. The photograph was released This is a close-out photograph of the O-ring in the top of the aft segment of the right solid rocket booster flown on space shuttle Challenger mission 51-L. The photograph was released](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DHD9DB/this-is-a-close-out-photograph-of-the-o-ring-in-the-top-of-the-aft-DHD9DB.jpg)
This is a close-out photograph of the O-ring in the top of the aft segment of the right solid rocket booster flown on space shuttle Challenger mission 51-L. The photograph was released
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Famous Seal Disasters in History: Space Shuttle Challenger - Advanced EMC Technologies | High Performance Polymer Seals & Bearings
![On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch. Search and On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch. Search and](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CF741X/on-january-28-1986-the-space-shuttle-challenger-and-her-seven-member-crew-were-lost-when-a-ruptured-o-ring-in-the-right-solid-rocket-booster-caused-an-explosion-soon-after-launch-search-and-recovery-teams-lifted-this-fragment-of-the-shuttles-solid-rocket-booster-srb-from-the-ocean-onto-a-waiting-ship-and-then-returned-it-to-kennedy-space-center-for-the-investigation-into-causes-of-the-accident-a-chemical-profile-on-the-propellant-traces-remaining-on-the-metal-combined-with-its-ocean-location-in-comparison-to-radar-trajectory-charts-led-the-teams-to-conclude-that-this-piece-of-debris-bel-2CF741X.jpg)