Space Shuttle Challenger Crew Cabin

In march 1986 the remains of the astronauts were found in the debris of the crew cabin.

Space shuttle challenger crew cabin. 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 agency. Analysis of crew cabin wreckage indicates the shuttle s windows may have survived the explosion. The crew cabins of the shuttles are cramped three level spaces 17 1 2 feet high and slightly more than 16 feet wide. Though all of the important pieces of the shuttle were retrieved by the time nasa closed its challenger.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100 accurate. On january 28 1986 america watched on television as the space shuttle challenger carrying six astronauts and one schoolteacher disappeared in a twisting cloud of smoke nine miles above the. At blastoff mcauliffe was strapped into a chair in the compartment s mid deck. It is thus possible the crew did not experience high altitude cabin decompression.

March 7 1986 challenger cabin recovered abc news. To her left was engineer ellison. If so some or all of the astronauts may have been alive and conscious all the way to impact in the atlantic some 18 miles northeast of the launch pad. Is it true that e shuttle challenger sts 51 l part 4 end of final words of the challenger crew challenger shuttle disaster final words of the challenger crew.