Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Challenger Crew

Challenger disaster 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.

Space shuttle challenger disaster challenger crew. The five astronauts and two payload specialists that made up the sts 51 l crew aboard the space shuttle challenger in january of 1986. A structural failure during its ascent phase 73 seconds after launch from kennedy space center launch complex 39b on january 28 1986 killed. Crew members are left to right front row astronauts michael. That was day of the challenger disaster when the nasa space shuttle orbiter challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight over the atlantic ocean off the coast of cape canaveral florida at 11 38 est.

I think the challenger s crew died due to the speed they hit the ocean killing them instantly unlike the explosion. Katkosh1 december 9th 2016. In this photo from jan. Any disaster of this magnitude is a great tragedy but the challenger s doomed journey felt especially devastating because it carried a crew that reflected the diversity of the united states and.

Seventy three seconds into the 28 january 1986 flight of the space shuttle challenger the craft broke apart killing the seven astronauts aboard. March 7 1986 challenger cabin recovered abc news. All seven crew members were killed according to nasa including five astronauts and two payload specialists. The explosion without smoke clouds would be a quick bust of fire and gone survivable in some cases to the fact that they were wearing space suits.

The crew consisted of five nasa astronauts and two payload specialists. E shuttle challenger disaster. 9 1986 the challenger crew takes a break during countdown training at nasa s kennedy space center. Sts 51 l was the disastrous 25th mission of the united states space shuttle program the program to carry out routine transportation for earth to orbit crew and cargo.

The space shuttle challenger disaster was a fatal incident in the united states space program that occurred on january 28 1986 when the space shuttle challenger ov 099 broke apart 73 seconds into its flight killing all seven crew members aboard. From left to right are teacher in space christa mcauliffe and astronauts gregory jarvis judith resnik mission commander dick scobee astronaut ronald mcnair pilot mike smith and astronaut ellison onizuka.