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.
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 ...
The space shuttle Columbia broke apart on February 1, 2003, while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. The disaster occurred over Texas, and only minutes before Columbia was scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center. An investigation later determined the cata...
Here's a look at the Challenger space shuttle disaster, why it happened and its impact now 25 years later: Friday, Jan. 28 Photo Gallery: Remembering Challenger – NASA's First Shuttle DisasterSee photos of the Challenger astronauts who lost their lives on Jan. 29, 1986. Get the Space.co...
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...
[…] 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: ...
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 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...