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Science Examiner
January 28, 2018
It was also an overwhelming experience for him. Currently, he is employed at Kisatchie National Forest located in Louisiana. NASA honored the 24 who died in three different accidents. The first being Columbia, the second was Apollo 1 fire disaster and the last but not the least Challenger Shuttle disaster.
WTOP
January 28, 2018
In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. In 1988, a 13-day standoff in Marion, Utah, between police and a polygamist clan ended in gunfire that killed a state corrections officer,ÃÂ ...
Politico
January 28, 2018
On this day in 1986, House members paid tribute to the seven astronauts who perished that morning aboard the space shuttle Challenger when their craft exploded 73 seconds after being launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Out of respect for the Challenger crew and their families, the HouseÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 27, 2018
In this Jan. 28, 1986 file photo, four crew members of the ill-fated space shuttle Challenger walk from their quarters at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, en route to the launch pad. From foreground are pilot Mike Smith, school teacher Christa McAuliffe, mission specialist Ellison Onizuka and payloadÃÂ ...
Yakima Herald-Republic
January 27, 2018
Astronaut and Cle Elum native Dick Scobee goes bobbing for a morsel of food in the galley of the Space Shuttle Challenger during a 1984 mission to repair a satellite. ... When the space shuttle Challenger blasted off on its final, ill-fated mission 32 years ago, a Central Washington man was in command.
History
January 27, 2018
On January 28, 1986, 73 seconds after takeoff, the space shuttle Challenger suddenly explodes, killing all seven crew members. ... Just 73 seconds after heading into space with a seven-member crew, the Challenger shuttle exploded in front of a national audience and a horrified NASA ground crew.
PennLive.com
January 26, 2018
On Jan. 28, 1986, the first teacher in space, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, and her fellow crew members of Space Shuttle Challenger, died when just 73 seconds into its mission, it was torn apart after separating from the rocket. The crew: Francis R. Scobee, mission commander; Gregory Jarvis, payloadÃÂ ...
Winston-Salem Journal
January 25, 2018
It's not another orbiter or lander sent to the outer reaches of the solar system, but a series of lessons — those prepared by space shuttle Challenger astronaut and teacher Christa McAuliffe — that will finally be taught to children on earth by two astronauts on the International Space Station, Associated PressÃÂ ...
BBC News
January 25, 2018
One such risk played out on January 28, 1986, when the Nasa space shuttle Challenger broke apart just 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. This tragedy has been cited by one of the most renowned critics of slide-style presentations, American statistician and information designerÃÂ ...
The Durango Herald
January 24, 2018
Four crew members of the space shuttle Challenger walk from their quarters at Kennedy Space Center in Floirda, en route to the launch pad. From foreground are pilot Mike Smith, school teacher Christa McAuliffe, mission specialist Ellison Onizuka and payload specialist Gregory Jarvis. Thirty-two yearsÃÂ ...
Smithsonian
January 23, 2018
Christa McAuliffe—NASA's first designated teacher in space—had prepared lessons to record during her time aboard the space shuttle Challenger. But she never had the chance to carry out her plan. On January 28, 1986, just 73 seconds into its flight, the ship exploded, killing McAuliffe and six other crewÃÂ ...
The Business Journals
January 23, 2018
Sunday, Jan. 28, marks the 32nd anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. On that date in 1986, the Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff due to a leak in one of the O-rings of the solid rocket booster, resulting in the death of all seven crew members and the loss of the shuttle.
Oneida Dispatch
January 22, 2018
This undated file photo provided by NASA shows New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe. McAuliffe was aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on when the vehicle exploded shortly after liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center. All seven members of the crew on board perished. NASA — The Associated Press file.
The Guardian
December 29, 2017
In 1984 the astronaut Bruce McCandless, who has died aged 80, took the world's breath away by becoming the first person to make an untethered spacewalk. Using a backpack equipped with nitrogen thrusters to move himself around, McCandless floated free in the void from the space shuttle ChallengerÃÂ ...
FOX 13 News, Tampa Bay
December 31, 1999
She never made it to orbit: She and six crewmates were killed during liftoff of space shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986. Astronauts Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold will perform some of McAuliffe's lessons over the next several months. Acaba shared the news during a TV linkup with students at her alma mater,ÃÂ ...
Oneida Dispatch
December 31, 1999
This undated file photo provided by NASA shows New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe. McAuliffe was aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on when the vehicle exploded shortly after liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center. All seven members of the crew on board perished. NASA — The Associated Press file.
Engadget
December 31, 1999
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded during liftoff. Onboard were seven astronauts, one of which was teacher Christa McAuliffe. She was selected from over 11,000 applicants for the position of NASA's Teacher in Space. McAuliffe had plans to conduct lessons from Challenger; nowÃÂ ...
Hookelenews
December 31, 1999
The NASA family lost seven of its own on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the Shuttle Challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch. The crew of STS-51-L were front row from left, Mike Smith, Dick Scobee and Ron McNair. Back row from left, Ellison Onizuka,ÃÂ ...
Miami Herald (blog)
December 2, 2017
The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.' ” Ronald Reagan,.
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
November 30, 2017
PALO ALTO (KPIX) — They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree but along the back of Peers Park in Palo Alto there is a grove of redwoods that have no doubt traveled a lot farther than you have. On July 9th, 1985, the Space Shuttle Challenger ascended into the heavens. On board was Mission ...
WUSF News
November 29, 2017
Twenty-five years ago, an event occurred that is seared into the memory of most Americans: About a minute after liftoff, the space shuttle Challenger blew apart, ...
The Australian
November 29, 2017
On January 28, 1986, the Challenger space shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. The disaster, which ...
Chron.com
November 29, 2017
Thirty-one years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off, killing all seven crew members, including the first planned ...
Slate Magazine (blog)
November 28, 2017
This article originally misstated that Roy Cohn died before the 1986 Challenger space shuttle explosion. In actual fact, Cohn died later that year ...
Palo Alto Online
November 27, 2017
A grove of redwood trees planted from seeds that were flown in the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1985, are located at Peers Park and now form ...
Palo Alto Online
November 26, 2017
A grove of redwood trees planted from seeds that were flown in the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1985, are located at Peers Park and now form ...
The Times
November 12, 2017
On January 28, 1986, the Challenger Space Shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. The disaster, which ...
KPBS
November 9, 2017
Above: A wreath is left at a bas-relief bronze memorial and space shuttle Challenger memorial in the Little Tokyo district of downtown Los ...
The Dominion Post
November 6, 2017
During his lecture, “Engineering Role Before and After the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster,” Kulkarni explained how the Challenger disaster would result in ...
The Global Dispatch
October 30, 2017
The Space Shuttle Challenger on its STS-51L mission was launched for the first time on January 28, 1986, from pad 39B at the Kennedy Space ...
ABC News
October 30, 2017
In 1985, schoolteacher-astronaut Christa McAuliffe witnessed the launch of the space shuttle Challenger, the same craft that carried her and six ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
October 30, 2017
In 1985, schoolteacher-astronaut Christa McAuliffe witnessed the launch of the space shuttle Challenger, the same craft that carried her and six ...
The Boston Globe
October 30, 2017
PHOENIX — Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in ...
The Scotsman (blog)
October 27, 2017
Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early ...
Houston Press
October 27, 2017
He briefly retired from NASA after his stint as Skylab savior, but when the Space Shuttle Challenger was launched on its maiden voyage in April ...
Bend Bulletin
October 26, 2017
Weitz also commanded the first launch of the shuttle Challenger in April ... name will always be synonymous with the space shuttle Challenger.
PureWow
October 26, 2017
The 231-piece set also includes a buildable Challenger space shuttle and Hubble telescope. Now we just need the Hidden Figures scientists ...
Aerotech News (blog)
October 26, 2017
Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early ...
U.S. News & World Report
October 25, 2017
Sen. Jeff Flake says 'impulse to threaten and scapegoat' could turn US, party into 'fearful, backward-looking people'. Oct. 24, 2017, at 3:27 p.m.. Sen. Jeff Flake ...
ABC News
October 25, 2017
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: Paul Weitz, commander of first flight of the space shuttle Challenger dies at 85.
ABC News
October 25, 2017
Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early ...
NBC Chicago
October 24, 2017
Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early ...
NBC Chicago
October 24, 2017
Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early ...
U.S. News & World Report
October 24, 2017
Paul Weitz, a NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and flew on Skylab in the early 1970s has died at ...
HuffPost
October 24, 2017
... loss—think President Ronald Reagan's speech after the Challenger space shuttle disaster—couldn't restore family members' personal loss.
collectSPACE.com
October 24, 2017
Paul Weitz, a former NASA astronaut who lived on board Skylab before commanding the maiden mission of space shuttle Challenger, died on ...
ScienceAlert
October 18, 2017
Each figurine will also come with a backdrop related to their work at NASA, including the space shuttle Challenger and the Hubble Space ...
This is Money
October 14, 2017
... the projects cover such diverse subjects as the Arabian Nights, the doomed Challenger space shuttle and the conflict in Afghanistan. Horlick ...
WUSF News
October 13, 2017
Twenty-five years ago, an event occurred that is seared into the memory of most Americans: About a minute after liftoff, the space shuttle Challenger blew apart, ...
cleveland.com
October 13, 2017
... and astronaut Ronald E. McNair, who was the second African American in space and died during the launch of the space shuttle Challenger.
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