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Rogers Commission Report
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The Rogers Commission Report was written by a presidential commission charged with investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during its 10th mission, STS-51-L. The report, released and submi
Shuttle-stack destruction that subsequently resulted of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and all seven crewmembers aboard, January 28, 1986.
Shuttle-stack destruction that subsequently resulted of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and all seven crewmembers aboard, January 28, 1986.
Ice on the launch tower hours before Challenger launch.
Ice on the launch tower hours before Challenger launch.
The Space Shuttle solid rocket booster field joint assembly (from the Rogers Commission report)
The Space Shuttle solid rocket booster field joint assembly (from the Rogers Commission report)
Gray smoke escaping from the right-side solid rocket booster
Gray smoke escaping from the right-side solid rocket booster
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
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On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated about 46,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, off the c
Rogers Commission Report
…The Rogers Commission Report was written by a presidential commission charged with investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during its 10th mission, STS-51-L. The report, released and submitted to President Ronald Reagan on June 9, 1986, determined the cause of the disaster…
Space Shuttle Challenger – assembled for launch along with the ET and two SRBs – atop a crawler-transporter en route to the launch pad about one month
Space Shuttle Challenger – assembled for launch along with the ET and two SRBs – atop a crawler-transporter en route to the launch pad about one month before the disaster
Cross-sectional diagram of the original SRB field joint. The top end of the lower rocket segment has a deep U-shaped cavity, or clevis, along its circ
Cross-sectional diagram of the original SRB field joint. The top end of the lower rocket segment has a deep U-shaped cavity, or clevis, along its circumference. The bottom end of the top segment extends to form a tang that fits snugly into the clevis of the bottom segment. Two parallel grooves near the top of the clevis inner branch hold ~20 foot (6 meter) diameter O-rings that seal the gap between the tang and the clevis, keeping hot gases out of the gap.
STS-51-L crew: (back) Onizuka, McAuliffe, Jarvis, Resnik; (front) Smith, Scobee, McNair.
STS-51-L crew: (back) Onizuka, McAuliffe, Jarvis, Resnik; (front) Smith, Scobee, McNair.