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Challenger Explosion A NASA Tragedy . By: Rachel Gambacorta. Challenger was NASA's second space shuttle It had 9 successful launches. Was planned for take off on January 22, 1986 Take off was delayed 6 days due to weather and technical problems - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CHALLENGER EXPLOSIONA NASA TRAGEDY
By: Rachel Gambacorta
Challenger was NASA's second space shuttle
It had 9 successful launches
Was planned for take off on January 22, 1986
Take off was delayed 6 days due to weather and technical problems
On January 28th Challenger was ready to take off from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida
January 28th was extremely cold Engineers gave warning that certain
components were vulnerable to failure at low temperatures
Particularly referring to the rubber O-rings that sealed the joints of the shuttle's solid rocket booster
• 11:39 a.m. Challenger lifted off
There were 7 crew members on Challenger
The crew consisted of…
Francis R. Scobee - Mission Commander
Michael J. Smith - Pilot
Gregory B. Jarvis - Payload Specialist 1
Christa McAuliffe - Payload Specialist 2
Judith A. Resnik - Mission Specialist 1
Ellison S. Onizuka - Mission Specialist 2
Ronald E. McNair - Mission Specialist 3
73 seconds after take off the shuttle exploded in a forking cloud of smoke and fire
Hundreds witnessed this on the ground along with millions of viewers at home
The spacecraft broke apart and plunged into the ocean
This killed all 7 crew members
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President Ronald Reagan selected a special commission to figure out what went wrong
“The O-ring seal on Challenger's solid rocket booster, which had become brittle in the cold temperatures, failed. Flames then broke out of the booster and damaged the external fuel tank, causing the spacecraft to disintegrate”
NASA refrained from sending astronauts into space for 2 years
10 years after the explosion, 2 large pieces from the spacecraft washed onto the shore of a Florida beach.
The remaining debris is now stored in a missile silo at Cape Canaveral.
There is now a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery in honor of the 7 crew members