Challenger

A Guide to Search Results for "Challenger"
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A sharp increase in searches for "challenger" accompanied the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia on the morning of February 1, 2003. The Challenger was the first space shuttle in NASA's fleet to be destroyed some 73 seconds after its final liftoff on January 28, 1986, killing all of its seven crew members. It was named after the HMS Challenger, a British Naval research vessel that sailed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans during the 1870s, as was the Apollo 17 lunar module. The Challenger joined NASA's fleet of reusable spaceships in July 1982, and it flew nine successful missions before it was destroyed. After the Challenger incident, NASA suspended further shuttle launches for some two years and eight months while it conducted an investigation into the cause of the accident, eventually tracing the cause to problems with faulty O-rings on the shuttle's solid-fuel rocket boosters.

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Are you looking for official information from NASA about the "Challenger disaster"?

NASA History Office - Information on the STS-51L/Challenger Accident
A comprehensive collection of annotated links.
NASA Space Shuttle Launches - 51-L
Official mission plan and summary from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Are you looking for other official documents about the "Challenger disaster"?

The Evergreen State College - Challenger Disaster 15th Anniversary
A collection of links to government documents provided by Daniel J. Evans Library.
CBS News - Voyage Into History: Challenger's Final Flight
A recapitulation of an internal reference document for United Press International which provides a quick source of accurate information about Challenger's final flight.
President Reagan's Speech on the Challenger Disaster
Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 1986.

Are you looking for expert analysis as to what caused the "Challenger disaster"?

Online Ethics Center - Roger Boisjoly on the Challenger Disaster
A noted rocket scientist discusses his thwarted attempts to warn NASA about the problems with the O-rings on the shuttle's solid-fuel rocket boosters and avert the Challenger disaster.
Feynman Online - Challenger Disaster
The official narrative of how the legendary physicist Richard P. Feynman helped investigate the cause of the Challenger disaster.
The Challenger Accident
Commentary and fully annotated albeit somewhat dated links to online resources reviewed by the Space Policy Project of the Federation of American Scientists.

Are you looking for journalistic retrospectives on the "Challenger disaster"?

Life.com - The Challenger Disaster, Ten Years Later
A year 1996 retrospective.
The Houston Chronicle - January 28, 1986: The Challenger Disaster
A year 1996 retrospective.
SPACE.com - A Tribute to Challenger -- 15 Years Later
A year 2001 retrospective.
SPACE.com - Challenger Remembered
A year 2000 retrospective.

Are you looking for personal perspectives on the "Challenger disaster"?

The Challenger Disaster
A Web-based lesson plan for 5th graders.
51-L - The Challenger Disaster
A personal eyewiteness narrative of the disaster.
Challenger Memorial Page
A personal tribute.
ErichMusick.com :: My Documents :: Challenger Disaster
A personal tribute.