Were the bodies from the Challenger recovered? In March 1986, the remains of the astronauts were foundin the debris of the crew cabin. Though all of the important pieces of the shuttle were retrieved by the time NASA closed its Challenger investigation in 1986, most of the spacecraft remained...
At about 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless II was living the dream - floating farther out than anyone had ever been before. “Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured,was floating free in space.” Are there as...
Two were rescued but the other six, part of a construction crew that had been filling potholes on the bridge, are missing and presumed dead. Investigation: The cargo ship, called Dali, lost power and issued a mayday call shortly before it rammed the bridge. The U.S. Coast Guard boarded...