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11-25-2008, 09:14 AM
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Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L Explosion Kills Seven, January 28, 1986
Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 28, 1986, killing all seven members of mission STS-51-L. The crew were commander Francis R. Scobee, pilot Michael J. Smith, mission specialists Judith Resnik, Ellison Onizuka and Ronald McNair, and payload specialists Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe. The Rogers Commission found that an O-ring pressure seal failed in the right solid rocket booster, allowing hot gas to damage a supporting strut and the external fuel tank. The tank failed structurally, and aerodynamic forces broke apart the orbiter. The prominent cloud commonly described as an explosion was a fireball of burning propellant. The crew cabin separated largely intact and struck the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral. NASA found that the breakup forces were probably survivable but said the precise cause of death could not be positively determined. Three of the four recovered emergency air packs had been activated. The photographs show the official crew portrait and the vehicle's breakup.  ·  ·  ·
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11-25-2008, 09:15 AM
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Re: Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L Explosion Kills Seven, January 28, 1986
I remember where I was when this happened. I was in third grade watching this on the television with the rest of the class. The teacher ran over to the TV and switched it off real fast. Then said it ha an accident.
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11-26-2008, 02:29 AM
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Re: Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L Explosion Kills Seven, January 28, 1986
Can you believe there's actually contingencies for saving astronauts if the orbiter crashes? I mean, comon, historically what's happened when something goes wrong with the Space Shuttle?
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01-28-2011, 08:16 PM
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Re: Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L Explosion Kills Seven, January 28, 1986
this happened almost to day 25 yrs ago i watched this on tv wow cant beleive this happened 25 yrs ago. bad day for nasa.
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01-28-2011, 10:38 PM
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Re: Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L Explosion Kills Seven, January 28, 1986
Am I the only one that sees a scorpion in the first photo?.
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01-28-2011, 11:33 PM
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Re: Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L Explosion Kills Seven, January 28, 1986
Damn, I'm getting old. I saw it happen in my 5th grade math class. There was such a huge build up to this flight happening with the first school teacher in space.  |
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01-30-2011, 08:39 AM
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Re: Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L Explosion Kills Seven, January 28, 1986
I was 8yrs old and remember being home sick from school. I watched the whole thing, it was crazy.
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