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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.
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched on August 30, 1983, and landed on September 5, 1983, conducting the first night launch and night landing of the Space Shuttle program. It also carried the first African-American astronaut, Guion Bluford.
Longest Space Shuttle mission flown; Story Musgrave becomes the only astronaut to fly on all five Space Shuttle orbiters [186] [187] 81 12 January 1997 09:27:23 UTC 04:27:23 EST STS-81: Atlantis: 6/6 10d 04h LC-39B: Kennedy SLF: Shuttle-Mir docking [188] [189] 82 11 February 1997 08:55:17 UTC 03:55:17 EST STS-82: Discovery: 7 09d 23h LC-39A ...
The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after lift-off on STS-51-L at an altitude of 15 kilometers (49,000 ft). The investigation found that cold weather conditions caused an O-ring seal to fail, allowing hot gases from the shuttle's solid rocket booster (SRB) to impinge on the external propellant tank and booster strut.
Including 1000 ft over-runs on each end, the runway totaled almost 15,000 ft in length. The site also had low air traffic, both commercial and military. [35] [36] [37] No space shuttle landing ever occurred there. Amílcar Cabral International Airport on the island of Sal, Cape Verde, was another designated emergency landing site.
The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) carried the propellant for the Space Shuttle Main Engines, and connected the orbiter vehicle with the solid rocket boosters. The ET was 47 m (153.8 ft) tall and 8.4 m (27.6 ft) in diameter, and contained separate tanks for liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.
The accident was the third airplane crash in the United States between 1975 and 1985 where more than 100 people were killed due to a microburst. These crashes likely helped to drive the need to ...
This rescheduled STS-7 would also have landed at Kennedy Space Center. [10] STS-8 1 July 1980 Columbia: Edwards: The crew of three were to place the satellites TDRS-A and SBS-A into orbit during the 2-day mission. TDRS-A was sent into orbit on Challenger's maiden flight, STS-6, in April 1983. STS-9 1 August 1980 Columbia: Edwards