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The spacee shuttle "challenger".
The rocket carrying the space shuttle Challenger.
The first shuttle to explode during a mission was the space shuttle Challenger back in 1986. It exploded 73 seconds after launch, killing all 7 people aboard. Space ShuttleEndeavour was built to replace Challenger.The most recent shuttle disaster was in 2003 with space shuttle Columbia. The shuttles heat tiles were damaged during launch. The damaged tiles were not able to protect the shuttle effectively and exploded killing all 7 astronauts aboard.
What made Sally Ride well known is that she was an American civilian school teacher who was aboard the space shuttle called Challenger, which exploded 76 seconds into its flight, killing all aboard. As a civilian, her participation in the Challenger flight had been heavily publicized and more than the usual number of people were watching the lift off at the time. All seven people aboard perished in the Challenger Space Shuttle in 1986.
The space shuttle Challenger, which exploded in 1986, was made by NASA, with various contractors involved in its construction and maintenance. The tragic accident occurred 73 seconds after liftoff due to the failure of an O-ring seal in one of the solid rocket boosters, leading to the disintegration of the shuttle.
The Challenger space shuttle, designated as Challenger 7, exploded on January 28, 1986, shortly after its launch. The tragic event occurred 73 seconds into its flight, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members on board.
Eight, on the shuttle Challenger mission STS 61A in 1985.
The space shuttle Challenger came apart on that date and subsequently crashed into the ocean. All seven astronauts were killed.
# Francis R Scobee ~ commander # Gregory B Jarvis # Ronald E McNair # Ellison S Onizuka # Judith A Resnik # Michael J Smith # Christa McAuliffe ~ first civilian astronaut (a high school teacher in new hampshire)
Bomb exploded killing 1000 people
The worst disaster for the space shuttle program was the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. The shuttle disintegrated 73 seconds after launch, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members aboard.
Columbia didn't explode at lift off. I think you're mistaking it for Challenger, which exploded early in it's flight. Columbia broke apart as it was re-entering the atmosphere. there was a piece of foam that broke off early in the flight (within the first 90 seconds I believe they said) and it doomed the shuttle. the Year it xpolded was 2003 it exploded at lift off 7 people died the Year it xpolded was 2003 it exploded at lift off 7 people died