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Is challenger one of the moon landings?
The Challenger is a space shuttle.
How many space shuttles have exploded during take off?
Only one space shuttle exploded during takeoff. That shuttle was the Challenger, which exploded on January 28, 1986. The only other space shuttle to be destroyed was the Columbia, which disintegrated on reentry on February 1, 2003.
Was there any damage where the pieces where found from the challenger space shuttle?
All ofChallenger's debris landed into the ocean just off the Kennedy Space Center. No one on the surface was struck.
What are the names of the two space shuttles that malfunctioned and exploded?
No space shuttles have exploded in space. Challenger disintegrated during launch and Columbia during the re-entry process. Neither were in space at the time. challenger and Columbia +++ The Challenger shuttle itself did not explode. The explosion was of the massive booster rockets lifting it into Space, after a seal failed on one, allowing fuel to leak and ignite. The shuttle remained fairly intact although very badly damaged, and I believe was subsequently recovered from the sea-bed.
How did the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster affect television?
U.S. President Ronald Regan cancelled one of his meetings to hold a memorial service on T.V.
What is the name of the space shuttle - carrying a teacher - that disintegrated shortly after it's lift-off from Cape Canaveral in 1986?
The space shuttle Challenger, mission designation: STS-51-L.Christa McAuliffe, the teacher, was one of 7 crew members on that flight.
What caused the space shuttle the discovery to blow up?
In my opinion the Challenger space shuttle wasn't ready to be launched in the first place. But I'm truly sorry, no one really knows exactly why for sure this tragedy happened. Only God knows for sure.
Were there any tragedies in the shuttle program?
Yes the Shuttle Columbia, suffered a great tragedy in 2003 and the Shuttle Challenger was lost to an explosion after launch in 1988. Columbia was one of the first shuttles and made over 20 trips to space. She was a great ship. R.I.P Cosmonauts.
How many shuttle missions have ended with death?
It has been two shuttle missions that has ended with death. The first one was the space shuttle Challenger, it exploded about 73 seconds from the launch in 1986, and then it was the shuttle Columbia that was torn apart when they entered the earth atmosphere in 2003. All of the crew died in both of the "crashes".
What was special about the crew of the challenger space shuttle?
Several things: # One of the crew members, Christa McAuliffe, was a civilian school teacher. # All seven members of the crew were killed when the Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff on January 28, 1986.
What did space shuttle Columbia do in space?
Columbia was the first operational US Space Shuttle, and the first into space on April 12, 1981. It completed 28 missions between 1981 and 2003. The shuttle was destroyed and the 7-man crew killed during reentry on February 1, 2003, after one wing was damaged by falling ice and foam insulation during its launch on January 16, 2003. Columbia was one of two US shuttle losses that caused astronaut fatalities, the other being the Challenger explosion in January, 1986.
What are some space shuttle names?
The names of US space shuttles are:Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavor.The space shuttle generally refers to the American NASA spacecraft also called Space Transportation System (STS) and is the current U.S. manned spacecraft vehicle. The Russians did make one "shuttle" called Buran, although it had only one (unmanned) space flight in 1988 and destroyed in 2002.The Enterprise was never flown in space. It was used to test the docking systems on the specially made 747 used to transport the shuttle from other landing sites back to Florida when the shuttle does not land at Cape Canaveral.
