Challenger explosion

Challenger explosion,He had commanded the first mission of Challenger in 1983 and spent over a year to prepare a crew of seven members, including Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher selected to fly in space flight. Today is the 25th anniversary of the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger, one of those tragedies that brought a "point where the memory. I was in Richmond, a reporter who covered the Virginia of the General Assembly, when I heard the news on television. Like the rest of the world, was fascinated by the tragedy that took place just 73 seconds after liftoff, and claimed seven lives, including a young schoolteacher, Christa McAuliffe .

Truth, Lies, and O-rings: the interior of the disaster of the space shuttle Challenger "by Allan J. McDonald and James R. Hansen A denunciation of the failure of the O-ring, and McDonald, manager of one of the contractors vessel. and Hansen professor.CNN history, still in its infancy, was the only network to launch live on Tuesday between the air were children in classrooms across the country, see what would be an important step. Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher in space program took off like a member of the crew.That s' how long the space shuttle Challenger was NASA in the air before a failed O-ring has become a mission of routine in the space of a tragedy 28 January 1986.

It serves us all. We have become accustomed to the wonders of this century. It's hard to dazzle us. But for 25 years, the space program the U.S. has done exactly that. We got used to the idea of space, and perhaps we forget that we have barely begun. We're still pioneers. They, the members of the Challenger crew, were pioneers.The fixture was cut and drilled bolt before the liquidation is completed. During the delay, cross winds exceeded the limits of re-launching of the site for the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility Fund. January 28 launch was delayed for two hours when a hardware interface module in the launch processing system, which monitors the fire detection system, not during procedures liquid hydrogen tank.