It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first dedicated Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission, after which engineers spotted O-ring seal defficiencies that would doom Challenger a year ...

We always have it on our list to learn more about Orbiter. If you haven’t seen ... you can very accurately model spacecraft like the Space Shuttle and have very realistic controls.

The ceremony paid homage to Columbia’s seven along with the seven who died on Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan ... 2003 aboard ...

During the days leading up to the launch of Challenger on STS-51 ... boosters (three on each), on or in the orbiter (five), and on the tank (one). Space Shuttle Main Engines In 1995, the power ...

The story of the doomed Challenger spacecraft and how it came to its gruesome demise features a tragic sequence of events and heartbreaking final words from those on board. It was 28 January 1986, and ...

IN 1981, DEVELOPMENT OF INSULATING TILES CONTRIBUTED TO DELAYS IN THE FIRST SHUTTLE LAUNCH ... or from measurements of the actual space on the orbiter. In thickness, most tiles vary from about ...

David Plotz talks with author Adam Higginbotham about his new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space ... people on board the shuttle, and more.