Mar 10, 1986 · The crew compartment of the space shuttle Challenger, with the remains of astronauts aboard, has been found 100 feet beneath the sea off the coast of Florida, NASA officials announced Sunday.

"The impact of the crew compartment with the ocean surface was so violent that evidence of damage occurring in the seconds which followed the explosion was masked. Our final conclusions are: The cause of death of the Challenger astronauts cannot be positively determined;

Jan 25, 2004 · Fifth in an eight-part series: NBC’s Jay Barbree addresses the question of how long the Challenger astronauts survived. A portion of the side hatch area on the space shuttle Challenger's...

Mar 10, 1986 · Navy divers have found the crew compartment of the space shuttle Challenger, containing remains of the astronauts who died after the craft exploded high above the Atlantic 40 days ago, space...

Jul 14, 1986 · COCOA BEACH, Fla. -- Divers said they did not realize they had found the crew cabin of the Challenger until an astronaut's flight suit floated from the mangled debris 87 feet below the surface...

Apr 20, 1986 · The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said today that it had recovered remains of each of the seven Challenger astronauts and had finished its operations to retrieve the wreckage of...

Jul 25, 2023 · After vehicle breakup, the crew compartment continued its upward trajectory, peaking at an altitude of 65,000 feet approximately 25 seconds after breakup. It then descended striking the ocean surface about two minutes and forty-five seconds after breakup at a velocity of about 207 miles per hour.

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC (11:39:13 a.m. EST, local time at the launch site).

Jan 28, 2022 · In this image taken in 1985, four members of the Challenger STS-51L crew – Michael J. Smith, left, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, and Francis R. “Dick” Scobee – train on the flight deck of the shuttle crew compartment.

Jan 28, 2021 · Left: Four members of the STS-51L crew on the flight deck of the shuttle crew compartment trainer (CCT) – Michael J. Smith, left, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, and Francis R. “Dick” Scobee.