Space Shuttle Challenger

freezing with the excessive wind chill, The Challenger was set to launch from Cape Canaveral Florida. On board, seven crew members, including the first civilian set to go to space, teacher Christa McAuliffe, awaited the final order to launch. As thousands of children watched on television, the shuttle left the platform, and seconds later, erupted into a plume of smoke, killing all on board. Even though the explosion of The Challenger was a tragedy for America’s space program, the disaster taught NASA many

the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster The Challenger malfunctioned on January 28, 1986, at 11:38 AM. The temperature was thirty-six degrees Fahrenheit in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and after seventy-three seconds of flight, the O-rings failed and the Challenger exploded into a giant cloud in the sky. All seven astronauts died, including Christa McAuliffe, a teacher in Concord, New Hampshire, chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from thousands of applicants to go into space and

The Challenger Disaster: Lessons for New Engineers The Space Shuttle challenger was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fl. Seventy-three seconds after launch, at an altitude of nine miles, the Challenger exploded, killing all seven crew members. The failure of the Challenger was led investigation by the Rogers Commission. The reason for the explosion was found to be the O-ring seal in the Solid Rockets Booster (SRB). The temperature on the launch date of the Challenger was

education and helping them build their path to the professional education. In 1984, NASA's Teacher in Space program wanted to find an "ordinary person" who could establish communication with students while being in a space shuttle. McAuliffe applied and was selected among 11,000 applicants. She took a whole year off educations to prepare for the big day. She was meant to teach lessons from space to millions of school children, and became very popular throughout the whole country, being invited to

of Americans watched on live television and in person, the Challenger space shuttle exploded and broke up over the Atlantic Ocean just moments after its launch. This space mission was significant for several reason, among them was that it would be the first time where the space shuttle would carry a civilian into outer space. Also, there was a frenzy of interest for Americans as the U.S. and Russians were locked in a space race for space exploration supremacy. Instead. President Ronald Reagan was

the Challenger launch was broadcasted around the world because of the Teacher in Space initiative did not play to NASA’s favor (Howell). With the loss of Challenger came with the loss of support for NASA. Slowly, NASA’s budget was diminished from its Apollo days. Although now NASA had to continue the shuttle program with the loss of one shuttle, the pending construction of the International Space Station, and the construction of three more space shuttles. Along with this, the Teacher in Space program

Jake Hall Professor Ripley Engineering Ethics 29 May 2017 The Challenger Disaster Unfortunately, there is always risk when it comes to space flight. This makes it difficult to determine what constitutes an “Acceptable” risk. A space agency has many worries such as their reputation with the public and the world, the success of their missions, and most importantly the lives of their staff and astronauts. Engineers are usually technically gifted but lacking in organization. This spawns a need for non-technical

foam insulation broke off of the orbiter and struck the left wing of the shuttle. As a result, when the shuttle renter the atmosphere of Earth the damaged permitted gases from the atmosphere to deteriorate the wing structure, which ultimately caused the craft to break away and become unstable. While in orbir, the crewmembers spent hours a day doing scientific experiments in shifts. Therefore, on February 1st, 2003, the shuttle of Columbia STS-107 disintegrated during entry into the Earth’s atmosphere

comfort to a demoralized nation, commemorate the fallen Americans, and inspire hope.  No president fulfilled these tasks better than President Ronald Reagan during his “Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Address” to the nation.  President Reagan comforted the nation, memorialized the seven casualties, and culminated hope for the future of space exploration all in a four-and-a-half-minute national address.  President Reagan’s address not only demonstrated the most important task of the President of the United

Challenger Disaster and Impacts Space exploration is and always will be an expensive and dangerous ordeal. Before the Challenger accident, it was widely believed that space exploration was an easy and safe. However, as we see with the Challenger accident, that is not always the case. The primary fault for the failure to launch Challenger in orbit was deduced to be because of a defective O-ring. This defective component allowed hot gasses and flames to seep out, that subsequently created a blowtorch