NASA originally intended Challenger to be a test vehicle,according to the Kennedy Space Center. Rockwell International, an aerospace manufacturing company, began building the shuttle in November 1975 and then sent it toLockheed Martin, another aerospace technology company, for structural testing starting ...
The Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986. Here, the people who were there remember what went wrong on that fateful day.
5. More than a decade after the Challenger disaster, two large pieces from the spacecraft washed ashore at a local beach. Within a day of the shuttle tragedy, salvage operations recovered hundreds of pounds of metal from the...
This research focuses theoretical application Groupthink by Janis as it pertains to the case study of the 1986 Space Shuttle disaster. The research will show many examples of decisions made and the symptoms of Groupthink of which they exhibited. It furthers concludes if these symptoms appear and ...
On the day of Space Shuttle Challenger's launch, icicles draped the Kennedy Space Center. The unusually cold weather most likely led to the failure that doomed the mission. (Image credit: NASA) What led to the accident? After studying the disaster, a review board determined that exceptionally...
[…] perhaps we've forgotten the courage it took for the crew of the shuttle; but they, the Challenger Seven, were aware of the dangers, but overcame them and did their jobs brilliantly. (8) Perhaps you've forgotten about their courage? Reagan makes a really important point here: ...
A table of contents for Shmoop's guide to Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Address, including summary, analysis, and more.
The space shuttle Challenger disaster is a case study of the untimely use of a rubber packing ring by mechanical engineers. The supplier engineers knew that the rubber packing seal had very limited application capability at low-temperature use but they could not prove this in a space shuttle lau...
挑战者号航天飞机灾难（The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster），指挑战者号航天飞机于美国东部时间1986年1月28日上午11时39分（格林尼治标准时间16时39分）发射在美国佛罗里达州的上空。挑战者号航天飞机升空后，因其右侧固体火箭助推器（SRB）的O型环密封圈失效，毗邻的外部燃料舱在泄漏出的火焰的高温烧灼下结构失效...