Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...
On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA’s 25th space shuttle mission, Challenger, left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into... Lessons and failures from the Challenger space shuttle ...
The lefthand side of the mission control room at the Johnson Space Center displays the badges of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia. Credit: NASA / Courtesy Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning ...
Then launch control announced, "Challenger, go with throttle up." Suddenly, there was a moment of static on the audio feed, along with billowing smoke and flames in the video, as well as pieces of the ...