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William Cameron "Willie" McCool (born William Cameron Graham September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107.
The 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion is a tragedy that defined a generation.. Across the United States, both students and adults took time out of their days on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986 ...
Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut.He and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. [1]
On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board.It was the second Space Shuttle mission to end in disaster, after the loss of Challenger and crew in 1986.
After the Columbia disaster, shuttle flights were again grounded. On Jan. 14, 2004, President George W. Bush announced a “new vision” for the nation’s space exploration program.
U.S. space shuttle Challenger lifts off Jan. 28, 1986, from a launchpad at Kennedy Space Center, 72 seconds before its explosion, killing its crew of seven. At the time of the event, Higginbotham ...
Astronauts crewing the replacement for the Space Shuttle. Killed when the vehicle explodes during launch. [73] Buzz Caldwell Charlie Numbers and the Man in the Moon (2017), novel Space Shuttle: c. 2017 (late January) Original Space Shuttle astronaut who flew in space six times runs aerospace company that sponsors paper airplane contest. [74]
In January 1986, he refused to sign off on a launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger which then broke apart 73 seconds into flight; [2] all seven astronauts on board were killed. [3] Deeply affected by the loss of the Challenger astronauts, McDonald endeavored to reveal the truth about the pressures to stay on launch schedule that led to the ...