On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
At 5 p.m., President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation. “The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the ...
O-ring erosion on Discovery would have disastrous effects a year later It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first ...
The anniversary of the Challenger disaster marks a cold reminder of risk and management failure along with the role weather ...
First American woman in space: STS-7 (Challenger) The launch of Challenger ... causing critical damage that ultimately led to the disaster. The tragedy reshaped NASA’s approach to shuttle ...