The investigation of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986 offers practical lessons for the Columbia disaster commission led by Admiral Harold Gehman. There are far larger questions beyond the cause of ...
Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...
it is with deep, heartfelt sorrow. I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
Seven American spacefarers were killed in a tragic event 40 years ago today that has become widely known as the Challenger disaster.
The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...