The catastrophic failure of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986, resulted from the malfunction of O-rings in a solid rocket booster (SRB) joint, manufactured by Morton Thiokol. Low temperatures on... Read more »
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 »
