The Crew of the Challenger Shuttle Mission in 1986. The Challenger shuttle crew, of seven astronauts--including the specialties of pilot, aerospace engineers, and scientists-- died tragically in the explosion of their spacecraft during the launch of STS-51-L from the Kennedy Space Center about 11:40 a.m., EST, on January 28, 1986.The Shuttle made Seventy Seconds in the air Before Exploding due to Cold weather and fuel Leaking issues.The Fuel leakage caused several problems in the Right fuel Tank.
The Challenger was a space shuttle that was going to be launched from Florida. But the night before it was supposed to be launched, it was cold and the o-rings froze up. When the Challenger launched, it made it up off the ground, but then it exploded and the entire crew was lost.
Challenger DisasterThe space shuttle Challenger lifted off and exploded on January 28, 1986 at 11:39:13 , Challenger exploded, killing the entire crew of seven. Click on the link below for the entire story.
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded during launch on January 28th 1986 killing 7 crew members.
The Challenger space shuttle blew up because of a faulty O-ring.
Space shuttle Challenger exploded on the 28th of January 1986.
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The Challenger crew as killed when the rocket carrying their Shuttle spacecraft into space blew up. More specifically, a seal on one of the solid rockets failed directing a flame onto the external tank which contains a large amount of hydrogen and an oxidizer (very explosive) causing it to explode.
Space Shuttle Challenger.
"Copy go at throttle up"
Sadly none of the astronauts in the Challenger at the time of explosion lived. The last thing that was heard from the shuttle was commander Dick Scobee saying "Roger. Go for throttle up."
Sally Kristen Ride, the first woman in space, went up June 18, 1983 on the Challenger shuttle.
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