A detailed investigation known as the Rogers Commission Report determined that management pushed ahead with the launch despite cold weather that could erode the seals. The astronauts on board had ...

By the time of the Challenger disaster, Dr. Lucas was serving as director ... Dr. Lucas had contributed to the design of Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite; selected materials used for the ...

Dr. Lucas was described as a strong-willed, even autocratic director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, which supervised the design ... the Challenger disaster was barely mentioned ...

On January 28, 1986, the world was left in shock when the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated just 73 seconds after liftoff. The disaster occurred due to the failure of O-ring seals in the shuttle ...

Budget cuts to the program prevented wide-ranging proposals to go forward, and a concept for a reusable spacecraft rooted in a German design ... particular of the Challenger disaster is hard ...

The author of a new book about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ... after an O-ring seal failed. People all over the country viewed the disaster live because the shuttle was carrying Christa ...

And no tragedy is more indelible than the space shuttle Challenger disaster ... feared the cold weather’s effect on the “O-ring seals” in the rocket’s side-mounted solid rocket boosters.

When the Challenger space shuttle exploded a little over a minute after its launch in 1986, it pierced the dreams of millions about who watched the tragedy unfold live on television. It also ...

The catastrophic loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger ... of O-ring seals in the solid rocket booster segment joints. Recovery efforts after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster aimed to retrieve ...