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Jul 1, 2024 · The nation was paying particular attention to the planned late-January 1986 launch of Challenger, because the crew would include public school teacher Christa McAuliffe who’d been chosen for the “Teacher in Space” program designed to bring a bit of positive PR to NASA.
Feb 1, 2016 · In the investigation that came after the tragedy, the brilliant physicist Richard Feynman identified a culture at Nasa where risk was not understood, writes mathematician Dr John Moriarty. The...
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Feb 6, 2012 · Roger Boisjoly was a booster rocket engineer at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol in Utah in January, 1986, when he and four colleagues became embroiled in the fatal decision to launch the Space...
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Jan 28, 2016 · The NASA family lost seven of its own on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the Shuttle Challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch.
Dec 3, 2021 · On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after it lifted off from NASA's Launch Operations Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA was given countless warnings that the Challenger explosion could happen.
Jan 28, 2007 · The failure of right Solid Rocket Booster’s (SRB) O-ring seal that ultimately destroyed Challenger changed not only the Space Shuttle program forever, but also highlighted the decision-making...
Jan 28, 2016 · The night before the launch, Ebeling and four other engineers at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol had tried to stop the launch. Their managers and NASA overruled them.
