The Challenger Disaster: Morton Thiokol's Role | Disaster Information Hub – Latest Natural Disaster News & Emergency Resources

The Challenger Disaster: Morton Thiokol's Role

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after launch on January 28, 1986, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members. A critical factor in the disaster was the failure of... Read more »
Remembering the Challenger Crew: Legacy of Loss | Disaster Information Hub – Latest Natural Disaster News & Emergency Resources

Remembering the Challenger Crew: Legacy of Loss

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight on January 28, 1986, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members. There were no individuals who lived through the catastrophic... Read more »
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Challenger Disaster Debris: Recovery and Analysis | Disaster Information Hub – Latest Natural Disaster News & Emergency Resources

Challenger Disaster Debris: Recovery and Analysis

The fragmented remains of the Space Shuttle Challenger, scattered across the Atlantic Ocean after its disintegration 73 seconds into its tenth mission on January 28, 1986, represent a poignant and scientifically significant... Read more »
Remembering the Challenger Shuttle Disaster: A Tragedy and Its Lessons | Disaster Information Hub – Latest Natural Disaster News & Emergency Resources

Remembering the Challenger Shuttle Disaster: A Tragedy and Its Lessons

The loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986, represents a pivotal moment in the history of space exploration. Seventy-three seconds after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center, a failure in... Read more »
Top Challenger Disaster Books: Insights & Analysis | Disaster Information Hub – Latest Natural Disaster News & Emergency Resources

Top Challenger Disaster Books: Insights & Analysis

Literature examining the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy offers varied perspectives on the 1986 disaster. These range from technical analyses of the O-ring failure and the decision-making process leading to the launch, to... Read more »
Challenger Shuttle Disaster: A Tragic Loss | Disaster Information Hub – Latest Natural Disaster News & Emergency Resources

Challenger Shuttle Disaster: A Tragic Loss

The loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986, resulted from the failure of O-rings in a solid rocket booster. These O-rings lost their elasticity in the unusually cold temperatures... Read more »
Historic Challenger Disaster Photos: A Visual Record | Disaster Information Hub – Latest Natural Disaster News & Emergency Resources

Historic Challenger Disaster Photos: A Visual Record

Visual documentation of the Space Shuttle Challengers destruction on January 28, 1986, encompasses images captured from various sources, including ground-based cameras, airborne tracking aircraft, and personal recordings. These images range from wide... Read more »
Remembering Challenger: Survivors' Legacy of Loss | Disaster Information Hub – Latest Natural Disaster News & Emergency Resources

Remembering Challenger: Survivors' Legacy of Loss

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight on January 28, 1986. All seven crew members perished. The term “Challenger disaster survivors” represents a poignant paradox. While there were no... Read more »
Big Bird's Challenger Disaster: A "What If" Tragedy | Disaster Information Hub – Latest Natural Disaster News & Emergency Resources

Big Bird's Challenger Disaster: A "What If" Tragedy

The hypothetical scenario of a beloved children’s television character perishing in a well-known national tragedy presents a complex intersection of popular culture and collective trauma. This theoretical event serves as a lens... Read more »
Challenger Disaster: What Caused the Tragedy? | Disaster Information Hub – Latest Natural Disaster News & Emergency Resources

Challenger Disaster: What Caused the Tragedy?

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight on January 28, 1986, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members. The proximate cause was the failure of O-rings in... Read more »