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7 myths about the Challenger shuttle disaster: It didn't explode, the crew didn't die instantly and it wasn't inevitable MSNBC.com; CBS Radio news bulletin of the Challenger disaster anchored by Christopher Glenn from January 28, 1986: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4; Videos of the disaster on YouTube
During the ascent phase, 73 seconds after liftoff, the vehicle experienced a catastrophic structural failure resulting in the loss of crew and vehicle. The Rogers Commission later determined the cause of the accident to have been the failure of the primary and secondary (backup) O-ring seals on Challenger ' s right Solid Rocket Booster (SRB ...
At this stage, the situation still seemed normal both to the astronauts and to flight controllers. At T+68, the CAPCOM informed the crew – "Challenger, go at throttle up", and Commander Francis R. "Dick" Scobee confirmed the call. His response, "Roger, go at throttle up", was the last communication from Challenger on the air-to-ground loop.
Michael John Smith (April 30, 1945 – January 28, 1986), (Capt USN) was an American engineer and astronaut.He served as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the STS-51-L mission, breaking up 73 seconds into the flight, and at an altitude of 48,000 feet (14.6 km), [1] killing all seven crew members.
In “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space,” Adam Higginbotham provides the most definitive account of the explosion that took the lives of the seven-person crew ...
Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee (May 19, 1939 – January 28, 1986) was an American pilot, engineer, and astronaut.He was killed while commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission.
Gregory Bruce Jarvis (August 24, 1944 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and astronaut who died during the January 28, 1986 destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as payload specialist for Hughes Aircraft.
The space agency confirmed Thursday that a 20-foot segment of the Challenger was discovered earlier this year off the Florida coast by divers who were searching for wreckage of missing World War ...