Challenger: Directed by Glenn Jordan. With Karen Allen, Barry Bostwick, Julie Fulton, Richard Jenkins. New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe joins six other astronauts on the tragic 1986 space-shuttle flight.
Remains of the crew of the Challenger being transferred to a plane at John F. Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, Merritt Island, Florida, for transport to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, 1986.(more) Challenger ...
Later investigation showed that at least some of the crew survived the initial breakup and may have lived through a free fall to the water from 65,000 feet. Anyone alive perished on impact with the water. President Reagan appointed an independent commission to investigate the disaster, and ...
Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher who was chosen to be the first private citizen in space. She and her fellow astronauts died when Shuttle Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986.
Challenger disaster, explosion of the U.S. space shuttle orbiter Challenger, shortly after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 28, 1986, which claimed the lives of seven astronauts, including Christa McAuliffe, who had won a national scre
Space Shuttle Challenger final crew Mission Commander:Francis Scobee Pilot:Michael Smith Mission Specialist:Judith Resnik Mission Specialist:Ronald McNair Mission Specialist:Ellison Onizuka Payload Specialist:Gregory Jarvis Payload Specialist, Teacher:Christina McAuliffe ...
Space Shuttle Challenger launch; USA: Florida: Cape Canaveral: EXT GV Space shuttle 'Challenger' on pad INT LMS Crew at pre-flight breakfast MS Sally Ride, American astronaut, helping another astronaut get ready Save PURCHASE A LICENSE Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where,...
aThe crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face ...
As with the Apollo 1 fire, lack of escape provisions eventually doomed those crewmembers still alive after the explosion. Ejection seats that could have been used had been removed from all Space Shuttles after the first four qualification flights when the number of crew members was increased ...
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger (mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral,...