Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Date

28 1986 space flight was supposed to be safe.
Space shuttle challenger disaster date. The space shuttle challenger explodes after liftoff at 11 38 a m. The crew consisted of five nasa astronauts and two payload specialists. During its 10th launch on jan. Cbs radio news bulletin anchored by christopher glenn of the challenger disaster from january 28 1986 part 2 of cbs radio coverage of challenger disaster part 3 of cbs radio news coverage of challenger disaster part 4 of cbs radio news coverage of challenger disaster image of silo storing challenger debris.
10 issue of that year nasa had spent 25. Challenger explosion 1986 u s. W hen the space shuttle challenger lifted off on jan. The space shuttle columbia disaster was a fatal incident in the united states space program that occurred on february 1 2003 when the space shuttle columbia ov 102 disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere killing all seven crew members.
Challenger hosted the first spacewalk of the space shuttle program on april 7 1983 and carried the first american female and first black astronauts. Space shuttle challenger just seconds after its explosive destruction on january 28 1986. As time noted in a cover story that ran in the feb. The accident which occurred a little more than a minute after liftoff killed the orbiter s seven person crew including the first teacher to be launched into space.
Shuttle orbiter challenger blew apart some 73 seconds after lifting off from cape canaveral florida in 1986 killing all seven astronauts on board.