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The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after lift-off on STS-51-L at an altitude of 15 kilometers (49,000 ft). The investigation found that cold weather conditions caused an O-ring seal to fail, allowing hot gases from the shuttle's solid rocket booster (SRB) to impinge on the external propellant tank and booster strut. The strut ...
SpaceX set up a "debris hotline" at 1-866-623-0234 and urged anyone who finds Starship wreckage to call or notify the company at recovery@spacex.com. Mishap occurred during test flight
SpaceX Founder and CEO Elon Musk addressed the destruction of the Starship on his social media platform X, accompanied by a video of the stunning display. "Success is uncertain, but entertainment ...
SpaceX suspects a fire may have caused its Starship to break apart during liftoff and send trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean. SpaceX's Elon Musk said preliminary indications are that ...
Virgin Galactic CEO George T. Whitesides, in a news conference following the incident, said that "Space is hard and today was a tough day." [39] [40] Virgin founder Richard Branson said after the crash: "We do understand the risks involved and we are not going to push on blindly—to do so would be an insult to all those affected by this ...
The Space Shuttle mission, named STS-51-L, was the twenty-fifth Space Shuttle flight and the tenth flight of Challenger. [3]: 6 The crew was announced on January 27, 1985, and was commanded by Dick Scobee. Michael Smith was assigned as the pilot, and the mission specialists were Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, and Ronald McNair.
SpaceX confirmed its spacecraft was destroyed after launch Thursday from Texas in what was the Super Heavy-Starship mega rocket's seventh test flight. "Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled ...
SpaceX Starship mega-rocket has stumbled on the road to commercial use, unexpectedly dropping out of communications and likely exploding as it screamed toward space for its seventh flight on Thursday.