Challenger was the first shuttle to be destroyed on January 28, 1986. It was destroyed not by crashing, but because of an explosion caused by the rupture of it's fuel tank.
The shuttle crashed into the ocean.Please keep all hands and feet in the shuttle at all times.
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The space shuttle Challenger broke apart upon launch caused by a failed O-ring.
The space shuttle Challenger came apart on that date and subsequently crashed into the ocean. All seven astronauts were killed.
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986 at 11:38 am EST, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart immediately after take off.
Two space shuttles have crashed: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003. Both incidents resulted in the loss of the crew on board.
None of them crashed. Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart in 1986 due to a SRB explosion. Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during reentry in 2003 due to a whole in it's left wing from foam from the ET hitting it during launch.
None crashed they broke apart and there were only two Space Shuttles that did so. Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart on take-off over the Atlantic Ocean in 1986 and Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart on re-entry over East Texas in 2003.
Space shuttle Endeavour has not crashed. The shuttles Challenger and Columbia disintegrated in January 1986 and February 2003 respectively.
Everybody knew it was the end to the mercury space shuttle needed to end when mercury crashed into it. After this the remodeling started and they were unable to fix it so they bombed it and that was the end. There is now a piece of this shuttle in the Indianapolis Museum of Science in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Although the space shuttle Enterprise was the first shuttle built and test flown, it never had a space flight. The first shuttle to be launched into space was the Columbia, it was first launched on 12 April 1981. Columbia was the first spaceworthy shuttle in NASA's fleet.
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.