Get Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Pictures. This story originally appeared in the february 2016 issue of popular mechanics to mark the 30th anniversary of the space shuttle challenger disaster on january 28, 1986, when all seven people on board the shuttle were killed. If it launched when the temperature was lower than 4 °c (40 °f), the ship could explode.

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It successfully completed nine milestone missions during its nearly three years of service. In this photo from jan. The disaster exposed shuttle design shortcomings and operational problems in the u.s.

That was day of the challenger disaster, when the nasa space shuttle orbiter challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight over the atlantic ocean, off the coast of cape canaveral, florida at 11:38 est 2.

Teachers scrambled to get their kids out to recess. Kennedy space center, cape canaveral, florida, on the day of the challenger disaster, jan. The challenger disaster presents several issues that are relevant to engineers. The oral history of the space shuttle challenger disaster.