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>The 25th Space Shuttle mission ended at T +73 seconds when the vehicle exploded. After the explosion of the external tank, the Orbiter vehicle was torn apart by the subsequent loads and the resultant activation of the Flight Termination System (FTS) on the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB).
>Under severe loads, the Orbiter broke apart into large segments, the ET into smaller pieces, and the now separated SRB' s were terminated using the FTS.