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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.
Foton-M No.1, aboard a Soyuz-U, exploded 29 seconds after launch, killing a soldier, Ivan Marchenko, and injuring 8 others. Fragments of the rocket started a forest fire nearby, and a Blok D strap-on booster caused damage to the launchpad. [114] 22 August 2003: Alcântara Launch Center, Brazil: 21: VLS-1
It discusses the history of the Space Shuttle program, and documents the post-disaster recovery and investigation efforts. [90] Michael Leinbach, a retired Launch Director at KSC who was working on the day of the disaster, released Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew in 2018. It documents his personal ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Kairos, a small, solid-fuel rocket made by Japan's Space One, exploded shortly after its inaugural launch on Wednesday as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to ...
By RYAN GORMAN A rocket built for NASA by a private contractor exploded shortly after lifting off Tuesday night from the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The unmanned Antares ...
Minutes after launch, the 400-foot unmanned rocket, which was designed to transport people and material to the Moon and Mars, exploded. The tallest and most powerful rocket ever built launching.
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.
Just seconds after Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the first test flight of its biggest and most powerful rocket yet, the craft started tumbling uncontrollably and exploded, leaving a dramatic cloud ...