(28 Jan. 1986) --- Astronauts Frederick Gregory (left foreground) and Richard O. Covey, spacecraft communicators for the launch

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(28 Jan. 1986) --- Astronauts Frederick Gregory (left foreground) and Richard O. Covey, spacecraft communicators for the launch team of STS-51L, study a monitor (out of frame) soon after it became apparent Challenger’s launch was not nominal.

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Keywords: apparent, challenger’, launch, nominal.