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Mar 21, 2024 · The Challenger disaster happened on January 28, 1986, and changed the course of space exploration. Here's what happened to the bodies of the crew.
- The Day of The Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
- What Went Wrong?
- Today's Space Shuttle Program and The Legacy of The Challenger Disaster
On the morning of January 28, seven crew members boarded NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger docked at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Among the crew were pilot Mike Smith; commander Dick Scobee; mission specialists Ellison S. Onizuka, Judy Resnick, and Ron McNair; payload specialist Greg Jarvis; and teacher-turned-astronaut Christ...
The catastrophe occurred at about 48,000 feet above the Earth. Photos from the incident, which can be viewed in the gallery above, show tiny parts of metal barely visible to the eye falling amid the clouds of smoke in the sky. These pieces are the different elements of the launch vehicle, one of which contained the cabin where the crew had been sea...
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster inspired numerous changes in NASA's space shuttle program and protocol. Before the catastrophe, an escape system for the occupying crew was never really considered, which meant that if the cabin happened to break off from the rest of the shuttle, then the crew would be trapped inside. This is what happened aboa...
- Natasha Ishak
They did find all seven bodies, but I’m assuming their recovery and autopsy photos are classified. Since the government recovered the bodies, there would be no leak in photos by a third party. I also believe they were mostly intact, since the cabin was found whole.
Mar 10, 1986 · MIAMI — The crew compartment of the space shuttle Challenger, with the remains of astronauts aboard, has been found 100 feet beneath the sea off the coast of Florida, NASA officials announced...
Sep 15, 2020 · The cabin where the crew members were, hit the water after a full 2 minutes and 45 seconds following the break apart, and all investigations indicate that all 7 of them were alive up until that point. What’s not clear, though, is if they were all conscious.
Apr 20, 1986 · The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said today that it had recovered remains of each of the seven Challenger astronauts and had finished its operations to retrieve the wreckage of...
Mar 10, 1986 · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Pathologists today examined crew remains recovered from Challenger’s shattered cabin, sources reported, while the ocean search continued for more body parts and debris...
