Post Exit is a link to video images showing clearly the axial flare which NASA incorrectly attributed to a circumferential O-ring burnthrough. Notice the rocket's clockwise rotation (viewed from aft). This clockwise rotation disproves the booster separation theory which NASA set forth for the Rogers Commission. 

The author of  The Betrayal of Mission 51-L is John Thomas Maxson, a retired aerospace engineer. His account of the 51-L disaster is explosive, because it unveils the Challenger space shuttle conspiracy. In a behind-the-scenes expose of compelling facts (all unrelated to field joints), Mr. Maxson clearly shows that NASA has deceived the public with a myth about a pre-explosion O-ring failure on the right booster rocket. For a pictorial flashback to what you may very well have missed from the live launch, you may scroll through Chapter 1 of this sequentially-annotated Challenger space shuttle book.
 

New images obtained through the Freedom of Information Act help to explain the Challenger catastrophe from a fresh perspective. For example, the photos above and video below reveal the payload missile as it climbed away from a solid rocket booster juxtaposition within the fireball. 

Put more plainly, the twin boosters actually crossed while within the fireball, effectively exchanging places! Below is another airborne-video image from downrange. It transparently shows the earlier booster crossing. NASA has never acknowledged either of these two events. 

The two photographs below were taken by a 70 mm camera at Playalinda Beach, just north of Launch Pad B. They help clear up two common misconceptions about the Challenger launch. The first misconception is that the nosecap on the flared booster (SRB) was lost within the fireball, and that this north-exiting SRB was the right-hand SRB. The left photo below plainly shows this nosecap deploying subsequent to fireball exit. It also shows a large area of the left nose, where white paint was blackened by the left-forward LOX blast seen live on launch-day television. (For even more evidence of a frustum-based cover-up, compare the UPI Photo with NASA Photo E.)
 

Nosecap Deploy (North-Exiting Left SRB)

Darkened Nose (South-Exiting Right SRB)

The second misconception is that completely encircling the nose of the non-flared SRB (the one which exited the fireball to the south) can be seen a ring resembling NASA's standard black photo-ID band. The right photo above shows us this SRB (the true right-hand SRB), dramatically disproving the second claim. (For more proof of a cover-up, compare the UPI Photo with NASA Photo F .) Also (in a computer-enhanced view of this same SRB contained in the Rogers Report), many people mistake the frustum separation ring for a photo-ID band. However, the separation ring does not have the 18-inch height needed to be NASA's photo-ID band.

The Betrayal of Mission 51-L contains 200 supporting illustrations, and 76 are in color. This softbound book has 150 pages (plus a comprehensive 14-page index) in 8-1/2 by 11 format (ISBN 0-9704036-0-7). Each historic page is reproduced on paper of photographic quality.

Although this book is currently unavailable for purchase, a few copies have been reserved for libraries of universities with large aerospace engineering departments. For further information, please contact support@mission51l.com by E-mail. Mr. Maxson remains optimistic that ultimately his book about the Challenger disaster will be made available to schools, smaller libraries, churches, and similar organizations. Perhaps a printing via university press will someday expose the Challenger conspiracy to the many more who deserve to know.