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Challenger was the second Space Shuttle orbiter to fly into space and the first to be destroyed in a fatal accident in 1986. Learn about its construction, missions, crew, and the investigation of the explosion that killed seven astronauts.
The report determined the cause of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and urged NASA to improve safety features. It was written by a Presidential Commission with 11 members, including former astronauts, physicists, and aerospace experts.
Challenger: The Final Flight is a 2020 American docuseries developed by Glen Zipper and Steven Leckart for Netflix. [3] It focuses on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, including the build-up to the flight, interviews with key individuals and fallout from the disaster. The series was released on Netflix on September 16, 2020. [4]
Roger Mark Boisjoly (/ ˌ b oʊ ʒ ə ˈ l eɪ / BOH-zhə-LAY; [2] April 25, 1938 – January 6, 2012) was an American mechanical engineer, fluid dynamicist, and an aerodynamicist.He is best known for having raised strenuous objections to the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger months before the loss of the spacecraft and its crew in January 1986.
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program by NASA, which flew 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The first flight was on April 12, 1981 (STS-1), and the last flight was on July 21, 2011 (STS-135).
Learn about the causes, consequences and investigations of the 1986 accident that killed seven crew members and ended the Teacher In Space project. The disaster was caused by the failure of the O-ring seals in the right solid rocket booster due to cold weather and wind shear.
The first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, was launched on 12 April 1981 by Columbia from Kennedy Space Center. The web page provides details of all 135 missions flown by the Space Shuttle program, including launch dates, crews, durations, landing sites, and notes.
Allan J. McDonald was a NASA subcontractor who refused to sign off on the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986, citing safety concerns. He later testified before the Rogers Commission and co-authored a book on the accident, revealing the cover-up and pressure from NASA and Thiokol.