![]() The underwater video footage provided clear and convincing evidence that it was indeed a part of the Challenger. READ ALSO: NASA Challenger Crew Likely Survived Explosion Before Tragic Crash to Atlantic Ocean Space Shuttle Challenger Remnant Foundĭivers for a TV documentary who were looking for the wreckage of a World War II plane first spotted the large piece of the space shuttle Challenger in March, AP News reported. The commingled cremated remains of the crew were buried on May 20, 1986, at Arlington National Cemetery. It took almost two months to recover the remains of the astronauts from the ocean floor, which is 18 miles off the shore of Cape Canaveral. They found that the disaster was caused by the failure of the "O-ring" seal in one of the two solid-fuel rockets. The investigation was led by former secretary of state William Roger and joined by astronaut Neil Armstrong and former test pilot Chuck Yeager. President Ronald Reagan appointed a special commission to determine what went wrong and to develop corrective measures. Hundreds on the ground, including Christa's family, stared in disbelief as the spacecraft broke up in a forking plume of smoke and fire that killed all seven crew members. She underwent months of training and waited for six days before the official liftoff as it was repeatedly delayed due to bad weather and technical problems.įinally, the day of the mission came, but the disaster happened 73 seconds after liftoff. The 37-year-old social studies teacher from New Hampshire won a competition that earned her a place on the Challenger mission. According to History, the spacecraft lift off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11:38 am in which high school teacher Christa McAuliffe was on board along with six other members of the crew. Sadly, the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986, happened. Only the aircraft-like shuttle entered into orbit around Earth and completed the mission. The space shuttle began its first space flights five years later when Columbia traveled to space on a 54-hour mission. In 9176, NASA introduced the world's first reusable manned spacecraft, the Enterprise. ![]() US space shuttle Challenger lifts off 28 January 1986 from a launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, 73 seconds before its explosion killing it crew of seven. (Photo : BOB PEARSON/AFP via Getty Images) ![]()
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