Challenger Explosion Challenger Needed to Rekindle America's Romance With Space By January of 1986 America was already bored with spaceflight. It was, in part, NASA’s own fault. The government agency had debuted the space shuttle program five years earlier with an aggressive public-relations messa...
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In January of 1986, a small group of engineers cancelled the launch of the Challenger space shuttle. It was not safe to attempt a launch in cold weather. They suspected that the O-rings on the solid rocket booster would not seal properly at freezing temperatures. It was an easy decision ...
After the devastating Challenger explosion in 1986, he served on the NASA commission to investigate the cause of the crash. In rare interviews and public appearances, he aired disappointment with lack of funding for NASA and the kind of ambitious missions that had captured his scientific ...
Astronauts Captain Bruce McCandless and Colonel Robert Stewart made history by completing the first untethered spacewalk during NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-41-B. Utilizing nitrogen-propelled backpacks, the pair ventured up to 300 feet away from the Space Shuttle Challenger, showcasing the potential...
An overview of the space shuttle Challenger accident as we look back on the tragedy that occurred 25 years ago this week. Details of what happened, how, and the consequences for NASA at SPACE.com.
1986: Shuttle Challenger explosion NASA 1986: Shuttle Challenger explosion On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA’s Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. The tragedy took the lives of all seven astronauts on board. Had the mission been successful, schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe would have been ...
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