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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.
Space Shuttle Challenger – assembled for launch along with the ET and two SRBs – atop a crawler-transporter en route to the launch pad about one month before the disaster. The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable spacecraft operated by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
STS-51-L was the disastrous 25th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the final flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It was planned as the first Teacher in Space Project flight in addition to observing Halley's Comet for six days and performing a routine satellite deployment.
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Today we remember the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster that occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight. The disaster led to the deaths of ...
STS-51-L was the twenty-fifth flight in the American Space Shuttle program, and marked the first time a civilian had flown aboard the Space Shuttle. The mission used Space Shuttle Challenger, which lifted off from launch pad 39B (LC-39B) on January 28, 1986, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
Video from the tracking camera E-207 shot during the liftoff of Challenger (STS-51-L) which captured the SRB plume piercing the external tank. Playback speed is 50% real-time. This angle places a greater degree of emphasis on the SRB plume which set into motion the failure of the tank that would cause the loss of the shuttle and tank less than ...