Space Shuttle Challenger Body Remains

The remains of challenger astronauts are recovered from the atlantic ocean.
Space shuttle challenger body remains. 26 never seen before images have now been found capturing the horror of the worst space shuttle disaster in american history. That s the same region where the search for shuttle debris is concentrating. Videotapes released by nasa afterwards showed that. Pathologists continue effort to identify challenger crew remains howard benedict march 11 1986 gmt cape canaveral fla.
Among the remains recovered are a charred torso thigh bone and skull with front teeth and a charred leg. All was lost that january day as the shattered remains of the space shuttle challenger plummeted into the atlantic ocean 17 everything changed. Seventy three seconds into the 28 january 1986 flight of the space shuttle challenger the craft broke apart killing the seven astronauts aboard. The photos were found by michael hindes the grandson of bill rendle who worked as a contractor for nasa as he looked through some long forgotten boxes of photographs.
In march 1986 the remains of the astronauts were found in the debris of the crew cabin. Challenger cabin recovered video abc news. Ap the grim work of identifying the remains of some of challenger s crew continued today while calmer seas allowed a large salvage ship to resume the search for additional body parts and debris from the space shuttle. 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.
Challenger broke apart when a ruptured solid fuel booster rocket triggered the explosion of the ship s external fuel tank. Though all of the important pieces of the shuttle were retrieved by the time nasa closed its challenger.