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Article: NASA Forced to Release Photos of Challenger Debris
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- February 15, 1993
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NASA yesterday released photos of the space shuttle Challenger's
smashed crew cabin after they were made public by a New York man who
had sued under the federal Freedom of Information Act.
The space agency said 45 photos showing debris from the wrecked
crew cabin became public documents after they were released to New
York artist Ben Sarao on Feb. 3.
Sarao had submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for the
pictures in 1990. It was denied, appealed and then became the subject
of a federal lawsuit against the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. The lawsuit was settled earlier this month.
Sarao released the photos to the New York Times, which published
one of them ...