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the explosion of the Columbia and the challenger
The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986 was caused by the failure of an O-ring seal in one of the solid rocket boosters. The O-ring failure was due to unusually cold temperatures at the time of launch, which compromised the O-ring's ability to seal properly and ultimately led to the catastrophic explosion.
The name of the space shuttle was Challenger.
The Challenger Explosion was caused by an external tank explosion. The space shuttle broke apart due to gasses mixing in the external fuel tank. The shuttle exploded and the space shuttle was torn apart.
The Space Shuttle Discovery never experienced an explosion. It was a NASA shuttle that had successful missions between 1984 and 2011. The Challenger disaster in 1986 and the Columbia disaster in 2003 were two separate incidents involving other space shuttle missions that resulted in tragic losses.
the explosion of the Columbia and the challenger
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Space shuttle Challenger's explosion
The remaining pieces after the explosion are at the Kennedy space center.
The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986 was caused by the failure of an O-ring seal in one of the solid rocket boosters. The O-ring failure was due to unusually cold temperatures at the time of launch, which compromised the O-ring's ability to seal properly and ultimately led to the catastrophic explosion.
The name of the space shuttle was Challenger.
1986, the same year as the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion.
The Challenger Explosion was caused by an external tank explosion. The space shuttle broke apart due to gasses mixing in the external fuel tank. The shuttle exploded and the space shuttle was torn apart.
The Space Shuttle Discovery never experienced an explosion. It was a NASA shuttle that had successful missions between 1984 and 2011. The Challenger disaster in 1986 and the Columbia disaster in 2003 were two separate incidents involving other space shuttle missions that resulted in tragic losses.
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In 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members. The disaster was caused by the failure of an O-ring on one of the solid rocket boosters, which led to a catastrophic structural failure of the shuttle's external fuel tank.
Christa McAuliffe was the school teacher astronaut who was killed in the Challenger shuttle explosion in 1986. She was selected from thousands of applicants to be the first civilian in space as part of NASA's Teacher in Space Project.