Discussing the Challenger disaster ... Rogers, expressed skepticism, citing a NASA document saying that a failure of the O-rings could result in “loss of mission, vehicle and crew.”) ...

Joints between the cylindrical sections of the rockets had a design flaw that, in the event of an O-ring failure ... On Jan. 27, the night before the Challenger launch, engineers at Morton ...

At T+73 seconds, the Challenger was flying at Mach 1.92 and at an altitude of 46,000, about 14 kilometers, when it blew apart. The O-ring failure allowed the hot exhaust gases to burn through critical ...

What they didn't know is an O-ring failure caused by the cold doomed the Challenger before it even left the launch pad.As Challenger lifted off at 11:38 a.m., thousands of people, including many ...

NASA's Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lifting ... The subsequent investigation revealed that the disaster was caused by the failure of two rubber O-rings, crucial components that were ...

This marks 35 years since the Challenger disaster ... Engineers warned of the possible failure of the O-ring given the uncharted territory into such cold temperatures. They feared the putty ...

NASA's Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds ... investigation revealed that the disaster was caused by the failure of two rubber O-rings, crucial components that were compromised by the ...

On this date, Jan. 28, 1986, space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 ... due to cold temperatures on the Space Coast. The failure of the o-rings allowed super heated gas to leak from the booster ...

On a freezing morning early in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger ... year earlier. O-rings on previous missions had partially burned through, presaging a possibly catastrophic failure.