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Space Shuttle Challenger (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Columbia being the first. Its maiden flight was on April 4, 1983, and it completed nine missions before breaking apart 73 seconds after the launch of its tenth mission, STS-51-L on January 28, 1986, resulting in the death of all seven crew members. The accident led to a two-and-a-half year grounding of the shuttle fleet, with missions resuming in 1988 with the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-26. Challenger itself was replaced by the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which first launched in 1992. Endeavour was constructed from spare parts originally meant for Challenger and the other shuttles in the fleet. HistoryChallenger was named after two previous vessels—first, HMS Challenger, a British corvette that, from 1872 to 1876, was the command ship for the "Challenger expedition," conducting pioneering global marine research.; and second, the Apollo 17 lunar module Challenger, which landed on the Moon in 1972. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Where were you in Jan. 1986 when the space shuttle Challenger blew up? How did you find out? Q. Were you a student? How did it make you feel? Please be as descriptive as possible. Did you look at future launches differently after that? Asked by icu812 - Sun May 7 19:51:05 2006 - - 9 Answers - 1 Comments A. I was driving with the owner of the company I worked for to a meeting in Orlando on Interstate Four when the shuttle went up. As we watched it going up we noticed all of a sudden that there were a series of smoke trails emanating from the shuttle and then there was a great explosion. We, as well as other cars pulled over to the side of the interstate and just kept looking up into the sky not believing what we had just witnessed. I felt empty inside. I knew the astronauts were dead and there was nothing I could do. I wanted to cry, but was unable to because of our pressing need to attend the meeting. Once we arrived at the meeting, the shuttle explosion was the major topic of conversation. Everyone there expressed feeling a sense of loss. [cont.] Answered by shepherdofgarrett - Sun May 7 21:11:25 2006 Where were you in 1986 when the space shuttle Challenger exploded? Q. Challenger's commander was Francis R. Scobee and the mission pilot was Michael J. Smith. Mission specialists included Judith A. Resnik, Ellison S. Onizuka and Ronald E. McNair. The mission also carried two payload specialists, Gregory B. Jarvis and Sharon Christa McAuliffe, who was the agency's first teacher in space Asked by doublewidemama - Wed Mar 15 19:34:19 2006 - - 29 Answers - 0 Comments A. in my house in hamilton,scotland watching it live on TV, god bless all who were lost. Answered by suede1690 - Wed Mar 15 19:38:15 2006 Space Shuttles, THE CHALLENGER DISASTER?
Q. When it comes to the Challenger disaster, how might the communication systems between Thiokol, Rockwell, and NASA have been improved? Asked by Adam - Thu May 10 21:52:52 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. I think it's more a matter of improving the communications within the NASA hierarchy and restraining improper communication and interest between NASA higher-ups and the subcontractors. As I recall, the attitude of the higher-ups to the hands-on engineers who had concerns was, "Don't rain on our parade...get it up there!" The managers should have been on the same team as their underlings, and more skeptical of the subcontractors. Answered by Fizzle - Thu May 10 22:12:10 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "space shuttle challenger"  news.google.com The Canadian Press Cohen was named director of the Johnson Space Center in 1986 after the space shuttle Challenger exploded, killing teacher Christa McAuliffe and six ... news.google.com PR Newswire (press release) He was a steady hand at the helm of Johnson as NASA recovered from the shuttle Challenger tragedy and returned the space shuttle to flight. ... Wayne Hale's Blog: Human Rating A Spacecraft Space Ref (press release) all 15 news articles » news.google.com NASASpaceflight.com A version of the Centaur was also developed for use by the Space Shuttle Program for satellite deployment missions; however this version of the Centaur ... and more » From Google News Search: "space shuttle challenger" |
