Christa McAuliffe: Challenger crew member trains for her upcoming mission at Johnson Space Center (9 photos).Jarvis, an engineer, during training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1985. The doomed flight of Space Shuttle ChallengerĬhrista McAuliffe, center, Barbara Morgan, a teacher alternate, and Gregory B. International Space Station (Requires Hypercosm Player).Space Shuttle Atlantis (Requires Hypercosm Player).Shuttle/Space Station Docking (Requires Hypercosm Player).Discovery: STS-92 (Requires Hypercosm Player).Mission: Tracking Data Relay Satellite-2Ĭhallenger Mission Information from the Kennedy Space Center.Weight: 155,400 lbs at rollout and 175,111 lbs with engines.(April 5, 1983) Four astronauts rode the new space shuttle Challenger into earth orbit Monday and deployed a large satellite that was boosted early today toward a distant point in space where it willīe used for tracking and communicating with future spacecraft. (October 31, 1985) Five Americans, two West Germans and a Dutchman, the largest space shuttle crew ever, rocketed into orbit aboard the Challenger for a busy week of complex experiments in metallurgy,Ĭrystal growth, biology and human physiology.Ĥ Astronauts Ride 2D Space Shuttle Into Earth Orbit (November 5, 1985) Space motion sickness is one of the most puzzling and troublesome human problems of the "weightless" conditions of space travel.īiggest Shuttle Crew Begins First Foreign-Run Mission Unraveling the Puzzle of Space Motion Sickness (November 6, 1985) For one week an unlikely Bavarian hamlet with a name as long as a countdown has been the control center for scientific experiments aboard the United States space shuttle Challenger. (November 7, 1985) With an enthusiastic crowd greeting its return, the space shuttle Challenger landed safely after a weeklong scientific mission chartered and controlled by West Germany. Relations bonanza for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (January 25, 1986) The flight of the first private citizen into space, scheduled to begin Sunday, has filled the Kennedy Space Center with crowds of teachers and tourists in what promises to be a public (January 27, 1986) A forecast of threatening weather forced space agency officials to postpone this morning's scheduled launching of the shuttle Challenger until 9:37 A.M. Shuttle Launching Again Delayed Over Weather Fears
The crew is scheduled to try again Tuesday morning. It was the third such delay in as many days, and (January 28, 1986) High winds and a balky bolt on a spaceship door combined to force yet another 24-hour postponement for the space shuttle Challenger. Reaching their ears when there was a flashing burst of white and orange.Ģ4-Delay Called for Shuttle Flight as Wind and Balky Bolt Bar Launching The thundering of the shuttle rockets was just (January 29, 1986) As the Challenger rose skyward, about 350 guests at a viewing area on a hill about six miles from the launching pad cheered and clapped.
The Shuttle Explosion: Suddenly, Flash of Fear Dashes Watchers' Hopes In fact, the craft had already exploded and was dropping into the Atlantic Ocean. Nesbitt, the public affairs officer, routinely reported its positionĪ minute and 15 seconds after launching as 7 nautical miles downrage. (January 29, 1986) In the Mission Control room there was so little indication that anything was wrong with the shuttle that Stephen A. (January 29, 1986) Engineers in the vast Rockwell International Corporation plant here searched for an explanation today for the explosion on a spacecraft that Rockwell had taken deep pride in building.Īt Mission Control, Silence and Grief Fill a Day of Horror Long Dreaded The Shuttle Explosion Builders of Spacecraft Stunned and Perplexed The mourning, in a sense - but he must also confine it and direct it, lest it evolve into a sense of national despair and futility. He must identify with the ensuing national grief - lead (January 29, 1986) A national disaster like the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger presents a leader with an especially difficult problem. The Shuttle Explosion President as Healer The worst accident in the history of theĪmerican space program, it was witnessed by thousands of spectators who watched in wonder, then horror, as the ship blew apart high in the air.
(January 29, 1986) The space shuttle Challenger exploded in a ball of fire shortly after it left the launching pad, and all seven astronauts on board were lost. Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes Shortly After Lift Off
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