The space shuttle Challenger STS-51L crew. In back, from left to right: Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, and Judy Resnik. In front, from left to right: Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ron McNair. (Image credit: NASA) On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA's space ...
Salvage crews spent several weeks recovering pieces of the shuttle and carefully bringing up the remains of the seven astronauts. Remains that could be identified were turned over to the families, while the rest were buried in a monument to the Challenger crew at Arlington National Cemetery on Ma...
In January 1986 seven crew members of the US Space Shuttle Challenger lost their lives in a major accident that has set back the shuttle programme. The Presidential Commission set up to investigate the accident has reported its findings, and this paper reviews Volume I of the Commission's ...
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was a fatal incident in the United States' space program that occurred on January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The crew consisted of five NASA ...
The President postponed his scheduled State of the Union address after the Shuttle Challenger exploded after launch killing all seven of the crew members aboard.Reagan began by saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the State of the...
Space shuttleChallengerwas destroyed 73 seconds into launch on January 28, 1986. Seven crew members were killed when the shuttle broke apart in an explosion. After a two-year delay, NASA resumed launches after an investigation found underlying problems for the agency to solve. ...
Although the exact timing of the death of the crew is unknown, several crew members are known to have survived the initial breakup of the spacecraft. However, the shuttle had no escape system and the astronauts did not survive the impact of the crew compartment with the ocean surface. The ...
They, the members of the Challenger crew, were pioneers. And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle's take-off. I know it's hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of the ...
25 Years After Challenger: How Grief Inspired Teachers and StudentsMillions of students were watching when the space shuttle Challenger broke apart just after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all seven members of its crew, including America's first teacher astronaut, Christa McAuliffe. Challenger...
The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their ...