English: Destruction of the Challenger space shuttle. At about 76 seconds into the flight, fragments of the orbiter can be seen tumbling against a background of fire, smoke and vaporized propellants from the external tank. The left solid rocket booster flies rampant, still thrusting. The reddish-brown cloud envelops the disintegrating orbiter. The color is indicative of the nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer propellant in the orbiter's reaction-control system.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2]
({{Information |Description = Destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger. At about 76 seconds, fragments of the Orbiter can be seen tumbling against a background of fire, smoke and vaporized propellants from the External Tank. The left Solid Rocket Bo)