Challenger and Columbia Disasters

The space shuttle that exploded in 1996 was the Space Shuttle Challenger.

The name of Christa McAuliffe's shuttle was the Space Shuttle Challenger.

The Challenger space shuttle was launched as part of NASA's space program to conduct a mission to deploy a communication satellite and conduct various experiments in space. Unfortunately, the Challenger disintegrated shortly after liftoff in 1986 due to O-ring failure, resulting in the tragic loss of all seven crew members.

The space shuttle discovery hasn't crashed. The shuttle program has lost two of it's fleet. The first accident happened to the Challenger in 1986. It was caused by a faulty 'O' ring on one of the solid rocket boosters. When it failed it allowed the booster to pierce the external fuel tank. This caused a massive explosion.

The second shuttle lost was the Columbia, which was the first shuttle that flew into space. It crashed because a large piece of foam came off of the external tank during the accent.The foam struck the leading edge of the wing and put a suitcase sized hole in it. During reentry, hot plasma rushed into the hole and destroyed the ships structure causing it to come apart and skid across the atmosphere and basically burn up. Many of its parts rained down across Texas.

The Challenger space shuttle no longer exists. It was destroyed shortly after take-off on 28th January 1986. The explosion was widely publicised, as it was being shown live on TV at the time.

The cause of the accident was attributed to 'O-ring failure' on the right solid rocket booster.

The space shuttle Challenger was on its way to space for mission STS-51L, which was supposed to deploy the TDRS-2 satellite. However, tragically, the Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986.

The space shuttle Columbia had a maximum speed of approximately 17,500 miles per hour during its orbit in space.

Yes, the bodies of the space shuttle Challenger disaster were recovered. The remains of the seven crew members were found in the debris after the shuttle disintegrated in mid-air during launch in 1986.

Friction between the space shuttle and the atmosphere generates heat during reentry. The high speeds at which the shuttle travels cause air molecules to compress and heat up, leading to the fiery heat shield protecting the spacecraft.

Richard Feynman. However he was "guided" to the clues by Air Force General Kuytana, who obviously already had good suspicion of cause but did not want to risk his career, so he needed an outsider like Feynman.

The commission's recommended that NASA needed to restructure its management so that change could take place. NASA's management needed to tighten its control to establish higher safety regulations for shuttle safety. Both the Challenger and Columbia had safety issues that were either overlooked or brushed under the rug.

NASA also had major communication problems before, during, and after both disasters. The lack of communication posed a significant safety issue for everyone in the space program.

Her name was Christa McAuliffe, and she was selected America's Teacher in Space in 1985 over almost 11,000 applicants, 114 semifinalist and 10 finalists. The program had been announced by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.

The New Hampshire high school teacher spent five months training for a flight on the space shuttle Challenger. She had hoped to record her flight and conduct lessons from the shuttle all about space travel.

She and her six crewmates on the Challenger were killed when the shuttle exploded shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral on January 28, 1986. She was 37.

The crew compartment - or Orbiter - which was blown clear of the main SRB's and fuel-tanks made water impact at approximately 207mph. It took a little over 2 and a half minutes to fall from the peak of its ballistic arc, which was around 65,000ft.

The actual impact force was something around 200g, and in the unlikely event that any of the crew were still concious they would have been instantly killed - the speed with which it hit the Atlantic literally tore it apart. It took six weeks to discover its eventual location, 100ft below the surface.

The Challenger space shuttle disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, resulting in the tragic loss of all seven crew members on board.

There was a faulty O ring which lead to that explosion that killed all the astronauts on board.

The Challenger space shuttle had completed nine successful flights before it tragically exploded during its tenth mission on January 28, 1986.

Internal fuel tank explosion, as in the case of Apollo 13. Heat applied to the fuel tank as in the case of Challenger, or heat from reentry in the Earth's atmosphere as in the case of Columbia. Being hit by a meteor, asteroid, comet, or space junk that previous space missions have left in orbit. There could be land to space ASAT (anti satellite) missile, as in Feb. 2008, when the USS Lake Erie (in the Pacific Ocean) launched a missile and blew up a out of control USA satellite.

The festival of the fruits is the largest festival that can be seen from space. It celebrates the curvature of the banana.

It is held once every 50 years and the next festival is in 2012

Frozen chunk of insulating foam about the size of a small suitcase broke off tank and struck wing just after liftoff, shattering several leading edge carbon/ceramic high temperature tiles. On reentry the frictional heat with the air was able to get in this hole, melt the wing off, causing the shuttle to tumble out of control and burn up like a meteor.

The TPS, or Thermal Protection System on the space shuttle protects the shuttle from the intense heat caused by friction upon reentry to the earths atmosphere. The TPS's most popular component are the "High-temperature reusable surface insulation" tiles, the black tiles on the underbelly of the shuttles (although actually some of the white tiles are made of similar stuff).

Other heat shielding includes the reinforced carbon-carbon (which failed on Columbia), fibrous refractory composite (white tiles), flexible insulation blankets, toughened unipiece fibrous insulation, and felt reusable surface insulation (nomex).

The second launch of the space shuttle Challenger occurred on July 29, 1985.

The bodies of the 2003 space shuttle Columbia crew members were found at different locations across eastern Texas and western Louisiana. The recovered remains were in various stages of decomposition due to the high-altitude breakup of the shuttle.

Ronald Reagan was the president of the United States when the space shuttle Challenger tragically exploded shortly after liftoff on January 28, 1986.

Nasa needed more orbiters. This was the second shuttle built and was the first that was used for testing then converted to space flight. It was send into space for the same purpose as Challenger before it and the ones after it.