Space Shuttle Challenger ExplodesReagan SigningSeventy three seconds after blast-off, the shuttle Challenger exploded and killed all seven astronauts on board. The explosion ws the greatest loss ever for the American space program, and was later blamed on faulty o-rings in the booster rocket. In ...
It was reported that astronauts were alive for 73 s after takeoff up to the explosion and their last words were "Uh-Oh". It was dubbed as a "minor miracle" by the media and NASA. The paper provides a summary of investigations carried out by the IBM team and lessons learned....
However, the shuttle had no escape system and the astronauts did not survive the impact of the crew compartment with the ocean surface. The disaster resulted in the formation of the Rogers Commission, a special commission appointed by US President Ronald Reagan to investigate the accident. The ...
The mid-January evening that Ellison came to pick up the ball was one of those nights he was supposed to be in quarantine. Janelle hadn't seen him for weeks; the astronauts were kept isolated before missions to avoid getting sick. But there he was, jogging across the practice fie...