The Shuttle Challenger was the first space shuttle to have a major disaster. It disintegrated during the launch process on 28 January 1986, and all hands were lost.
The name of the space shuttle was Challenger.
The space shuttle disaster in 1986 was the Challenger disaster. The Challenger space shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members.
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.
The teacher who was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 was Christa McAuliffe. She was selected to be the first teacher in space as part of NASA's Teacher in Space Project.
sputnik-1 was the first space craft by Russia
The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003,
The name of the first Space Shuttle that was launched was Columbia. It embarked on its maiden voyage on April 12, 1981.
The first shuttle launched after the Challenger disaster was the Discovery shuttle, which returned to space on September 29, 1988. Discovery's mission, STS-26, was considered a success and marked the resumption of shuttle flights after a 32-month hiatus.
She was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.
The name of the first space shuttle that shuttled crew to and from their jobs in spaceis called Elicoll. After the first female shuttle commander Eileen Collins, a true hero in todays history.
the challenger
The name of the first space shuttle that was run through free flight simulation was Enterprise, but the first space shuttle to actually reach orbit was Columbia in 1981.