Space Shuttle Discovery Disaster

The disaster that occurred with space shuttle challenger remains one of the worst space disasters in nasa s history and it led to the deaths of all the crew members present on board.

Space shuttle discovery disaster. Nasa offered discovery to the smithsonian institution s national air and space museum for public display and preservation after a month long decontamination process as part of the national collection. The disaster led to the deaths of all astronauts on board including civilian christa mcauliffe a participant in nasa s teacher in space project who was to teach classes and perform experiments while in space. Discovery was decommissioned on march 9 2011. 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.

Nasa s space shuttle columbia was destroyed during re entry on feb. The disaster was the second fatal accident in the space shuttle program after the 1986 breakup of challenger soon after liftoff. January 28 1986 space shuttle discovery disaster january 28 1986 was a very tragic day for american space exploration generally and for the space shuttle program specifically. 1 2003 in a tragic disaster that killed the shuttle s seven astronaut crew.

Space shuttle orbiter challenger shortly after its launch from cape canaveral florida on january 28 1986 which claimed the lives of seven astronauts. The space shuttle was engulfed in a cloud of fire just 73 seconds after liftoff at an altitude of some 46 000 feet 14 000 meters. Challenger explosion 1986 u s. Mrely 73 seconds after the launch the shuttle burst into flames and started hurtling down towards the earth.

Space shuttle challenger just seconds after its explosive destruction on january 28 1986. It looked like an explosion the media called it an explosion. 82 seconds after the launch of shuttle sts 107 a sizable piece of foam struck the leading edge of columbia s left wing at a speed between 650 and 950 km h.