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Jan 28, 2021 · It was 35 years ago today (Jan. 28) that the most defining accident of NASA happened, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded after launch.
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- Elizabeth Howell
Jun 19, 2021 · Piece of Challenger space shuttle discovered by TV diving crew nearly 37 years after tragic explosion. The Space Shuttle Challenger was hurtling through the air at twice the speed of sound when...
Mar 13, 2021 · Video taken of the launch showed an O-ring on the right-hand solid rocket booster failing, and allowing pressurized, burning gas to reach the outside of the booster where it...
Mar 7, 2021 · Allan McDonald, who directed the booster rocket project at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol, urged delaying the launch of the space shuttle before it exploded in 1986. He has died at age 83.
- Howard Berkes
Mar 9, 2021 · The next morning the Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, the result of an O-ring failure that caused one of its booster rockets to spin out of control. All seven on board were killed.
The decision to launch Challenger was flawed. Those who made that decision were unaware of the recent history of problems conning the Ocer -rings and the joint and were unaware of the initial written recommendation of the contractor advising against the launch at temperatures below 53 °F and the
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Jan 29, 2021 · With a launch on 28 January, Mission 51L was scheduled to conclude with a landing on the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on 3 February, completing a flight of six days and 34 minutes.
