The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger was caused by a failure of an O-ring on it's right solid rocket booster shortly after liftoff.
Sally Ride went aloft in the space shuttle Challenger in 1983.
The space shuttle that Sally Ride traveled on for her first space mission was the Space Shuttle Challenger. Ride made history in 1983 as the first American woman to fly in space.
As of September 2021, there have been four space ship disasters resulting in the loss of crew during launch or ascent to space: the Challenger disaster in 1986, the Columbia disaster in 2003, the SpaceShipTwo crash in 2014, and the recent Starship SN-1 explosion in 2021.
The Space Shuttle Challenger was named after the H.M.S. Challenger, a 19th Century British Naval ship that was later converted into a marine research vessel. The Challenger Expedition was a major contributor to modern Oceanography.
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.
Sally Ride went aloft in the space shuttle Challenger in 1983.
he was a challenger and it bluw up when he was in the space ship
The space shuttle that Sally Ride traveled on for her first space mission was the Space Shuttle Challenger. Ride made history in 1983 as the first American woman to fly in space.
As of September 2021, there have been four space ship disasters resulting in the loss of crew during launch or ascent to space: the Challenger disaster in 1986, the Columbia disaster in 2003, the SpaceShipTwo crash in 2014, and the recent Starship SN-1 explosion in 2021.
The Space Shuttle Challenger was named after the H.M.S. Challenger, a 19th Century British Naval ship that was later converted into a marine research vessel. The Challenger Expedition was a major contributor to modern Oceanography.
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.
The next space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster took place almost three years later with the launch of Discovery on September 29, 1988. The Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986.
the Challenger
Sally Ride participated in two space shuttle missions aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Her first flight was STS-7 in 1983, and her second was STS-41-G in 1984.
The name of the ship was the HMS Challenger. The Challenger expedition was a groundbreaking oceanographic survey that laid the foundation for modern oceanography.
The rocket carrying the space shuttle Challenger.
Cape Canaveral, Florida... on the east coast about halfway up the state.