The Challenger’s first ever mission was on April 4, 1983. The challenger took place in The United States of America. The Challenger was named after the HMS Challenger Royal Navy corvette. This was successful until one morning it exploded. This tragedy happened on January 28, 1986. What happened was that two rubber O-rings had failed due to cold temperatures. The thing was that the rocket exploded seventy-three seconds or one minute and thirteen seconds. There were seven crew members with the names of El Onizuka, Greg Jaruis, Mike Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Judy Resnik, Ronald McNair, and Dick Scobee. Christa McAuliffe was a teacher in New Hampshire. She was selected to join the mission and teach lessons about space to kids.
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This took place at 11:39 a.m. This was on the coast of Florida on the Atlantic Ocean. The Shuttle went up 4.3 ocean miles. It went for seventy-three seconds until exploding. Most of the crew members knew something was wrong or that something was going to happen. What happened is two rubber O-rings had failed due to cold temperatures. What happened is The O-ring failed at liftoff and caused the rocket to smoke. So this means that O-rings were not made to fly in cold temperatures. They thought they would be fine because it has worked other times when it was cold. Approximately seventeen percent had been there to see the explosion, watched it on the news, or had heard about it from people that had watched it. The space shuttle challenger was the second orbiter around NASA’s space shuttle program. The space shuttle challenger weighed 8,000,000 pounds. After the first flight, which was on April 4, 1986, the challenger flew eighty-five percent of all space missions. The first mission was April 4, 1986. This mission was the first spacewalk during a space shuttle mission. These crew members were in space for five days, zero hours, and twenty-three minutes, and forty-two seconds. The second mission was June 18, 1983. This mission was when the first American women were in space. Also this mission deployed two communication satellites. These crew members were in space for six days, …show more content…
This mission was the first night launch and night landing. This also carried 261,900 envelopes that were stamped. These crew members were in space for six days, one hour, eight minutes, and forty-three seconds. The fourth mission was on February 3, 1984. This mission had the first person untethered but was using the manned maneuver unit. These crew members were in space for seven days, twenty-three hours, fifteen minutes, and fifty-five seconds. The fifth mission was on April 6, 1984. This mission was for a service mission. These crew members were in space for six days, twenty-three hours, forty minutes, and 7 seconds. The sixth mission was on October 5, 1984. This mission was the first to carry to women into space. These crew members were in space for eight days, five hours, twenty-three minutes, and thirty-three seconds. The seventh mission was on April 29, 1985. This mission carried the second space lab. These crew members were in space for seven days, zero hours, and eight minutes, and forty-six seconds. The eighth mission was on July 29, 1985. This mission carried the third space lab. These crew member were in space for seven days, twenty-two hours, forty-five minutes, and twenty-six
This took place at 11:39 a.m. This was on the coast of Florida on the Atlantic Ocean. The Shuttle went up 4.3 ocean miles. It went for seventy-three seconds until exploding. Most of the crew members knew something was wrong or that something was going to happen. What happened is two rubber O-rings had failed due to cold temperatures. What happened is The O-ring failed at liftoff and caused the rocket to smoke. So this means that O-rings were not made to fly in cold temperatures. They thought they would be fine because it has worked other times when it was cold. Approximately seventeen percent had been there to see the explosion, watched it on the news, or had heard about it from people that had watched it. The space shuttle challenger was the second orbiter around NASA’s space shuttle program. The space shuttle challenger weighed 8,000,000 pounds. After the first flight, which was on April 4, 1986, the challenger flew eighty-five percent of all space missions. The first mission was April 4, 1986. This mission was the first spacewalk during a space shuttle mission. These crew members were in space for five days, zero hours, and twenty-three minutes, and forty-two seconds. The second mission was June 18, 1983. This mission was when the first American women were in space. Also this mission deployed two communication satellites. These crew members were in space for six days, …show more content…
This mission was the first night launch and night landing. This also carried 261,900 envelopes that were stamped. These crew members were in space for six days, one hour, eight minutes, and forty-three seconds. The fourth mission was on February 3, 1984. This mission had the first person untethered but was using the manned maneuver unit. These crew members were in space for seven days, twenty-three hours, fifteen minutes, and fifty-five seconds. The fifth mission was on April 6, 1984. This mission was for a service mission. These crew members were in space for six days, twenty-three hours, forty minutes, and 7 seconds. The sixth mission was on October 5, 1984. This mission was the first to carry to women into space. These crew members were in space for eight days, five hours, twenty-three minutes, and thirty-three seconds. The seventh mission was on April 29, 1985. This mission carried the second space lab. These crew members were in space for seven days, zero hours, and eight minutes, and forty-six seconds. The eighth mission was on July 29, 1985. This mission carried the third space lab. These crew member were in space for seven days, twenty-two hours, forty-five minutes, and twenty-six