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Jun 19, 2021 · The Space Shuttle Challenger was hurtling through the air at twice the speed of sound when pilot Michael Smith noticed something alarming. Sitting on the right side of the flight deck, Smith...
May 10, 2024 · It was the day of January 28, 1986, when a high-speed elevator carried the crew almost twenty stories up the launch tower. The outer tank spewed a stream of boiling liquid oxygen from beneath...
Seventy-three seconds into launch, their orbiter, the Challenger, broke apart when strong wind gusts put the final touches on a tragedy that started with stiffened O-rings on a freezing Florida morning. The orbiter broke into pieces, the details obscured by billowing vapor.
Jan 28, 2021 · The crew of the space shuttle Challenger's STS-51L mission, which ended in tragedy shortly after launch on Jan. 28, 1986.
Jan 28, 2016 · On 28 January 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after taking off. A space scientist recalls how it transformed Nasa’s plans to explore beyond Earth.
Jan 28, 2011 · BBC News, Washington. Twenty five years ago the Challenger space shuttle broke apart over a minute after its launch, killing all seven on board. It was both a tragedy and profoundly shocking...
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Jan 28, 2016 · It’s likely that the Challenger’s crew survived the initial breakup of the shuttle but lost consciousness due to loss of cabin pressure and probably died due to oxygen deficiency pretty quickly.
