Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/STS-51-L footage of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster documenting the fire plume

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Original – Launch of Challenger (STS-51-L) and breakup. Video starts at T-10 seconds.

Reason: Video from the tracking camera E-207 shot during the liftoff of Challenger (STS-51-L) which captured the SRB plume piercing the external tank. Playback speed is 50% real-time. This angle places a greater degree of emphasis on the SRB plume which set into motion the failure of the tank that would cause the loss of the shuttle and tank less than two minutes into the launch.
Articles in which this image appears: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator – TomStar81 (Talk) 03:13, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Do you know why it fades out and back in just before the big explosion? Belle (talk) 01:22, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- @Belle: Not entirely sure, but as a guess I'd say its to skip ahead to the point where the shuttle booster finally reached critical mass. TomStar81 (Talk) 20:57, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - I think I'll have to Oppose on the basis that some footage seems to have been removed which makes it less than useful for its stated purpose. Belle (talk) 09:29, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:14, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]