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The commission found that the immediate cause of the Challenger accident was a failure in the O-rings sealing the aft field joint on the right solid rocket booster, causing pressurized hot gases and eventually flame to "blow by" the O-ring and contact the adjacent external tank, causing structural failure. The failure of the O-rings was ...
In the years immediately after the Challenger disaster, several books were published describing the factors and causes of the accident and the subsequent investigation and changes. In 1987, Malcolm McConnell, a journalist and a witness of the disaster, published Challenger–A Major Malfunction: A True Story of Politics, Greed, and the Wrong ...
Marshall Space Flight Center director William R. Lucas accepting a certificate from Madison County Commission Chairman James Record and Huntsville architect Harvie Jones (1976) Despite Lucas' achievements (he received nearly every honor that NASA could bestow), few people outside the aerospace community heard of him prior to the Challenger ...
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Edward C. and Lisbeth A. Fogg donated $750,000 to the Challenger Learning Center fund. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
Logo. Challenger Center for Space Science Education is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC.It was founded in 1986 by the families of the astronauts who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.
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A former top Alaska official who is challenging Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) with the support of former President Trump said Monday she wouldn't back Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) for ...