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Sharon Christa McAuliffe (née Corrigan; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload specialist.
The revival of space activities involving the An-225 was repeatedly announced and speculated upon throughout its life. During the early 2000s, studies were conducted into the production of an even larger An-225 derivative, the eight-engined Antonov An-325 , which was intended to be used in conjunction with Russia's in-development MAKS space ...
The year 1986 saw the destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger shortly after lift-off, killing all seven aboard, [1] the first in-flight deaths of American astronauts. This accident followed the successful flight of Columbia just weeks earlier, [2] and dealt a major setback to the U.S. crewed space program, suspending the Shuttle program for 32 months.
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.
The Space Shuttle Columbia was lost as it returned from a two-week mission when previously detected damage to the shuttle's thermal protection system (TPS) resulted in the spacecraft breaking apart during reentry at an altitude of just under 65 km and a speed of about Mach 19. Investigation revealed that a piece of foam insulation had fallen ...
Oct. 14—An assistant principal of a local middle school died in a car crash over the weekend, Santa Fe Public Schools announced Monday. Sue Greig was killed and Mark Waugh, a Milagro Middle ...
STS-51-L was the disastrous 25th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the final flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It was planned as the first Teacher in Space Project flight in addition to observing Halley's Comet for six days and performing a routine satellite deployment.
A crash involving the buses happened around 8:35 a.m. at I-55 northbound at milepost 246 in Will County, Illinois State police said Tuesday afternoon. ... Ten students and two teachers were ...