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On the morning of January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched for the 10th time, beginning mission STS-51-L. Space shuttles had already successfully completed 24 missions, and no American spacecraft had ever failed to reach orbit during an official mission. It was a beautiful morning, and many spectators came to the Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch, including the astronauts’ relatives. Ascent seemed to be going normally during the first minute, but about 75 seconds into the ascent, a plastic O-ring used to seal a joint in one of the solid rocket boosters failed, causing a breach of hot gas. That gas spread to the other rocket booster and the external fuel tank, causing an explosion. When the spectators saw the explosion, many of them started cheering, unaware of what was really happening, but Mission Control quickly announced that there had been some sort of problem, and the crowd became confused and then panicky as the Space Shuttle, fuel tank and rocket boosters all broke apart and flew in opposite directions. The entire crew was killed in the explosion.That notorious date was commemorated by the crew of the Columbia while they were in space in 2003, and a few

Author

Charles River Editors

Publisher

Charles River Editors

Published

2024

Language

EN