Possibly the most infamous disaster to occur in the American space program is the explosion of the Challenger. The Challenger, prior to its destruction, already successfully launched nine times with previous missions. The first mission given to the Challenger was STS-6, which was the sixth NASA space shuttle mission. This mission was launched on April 4th 1983 from the Kennedy Space Center, and it deployed the first satellite which was able to track and relay data. Another important achievement of the Challenger’s first mission was its crew performed the first spacewalk during the mission itself. The shuttle’s second mission was the STS-7 in the same year and launched also in Kennedy Space center. The significance of the Challenger’s second
