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The Challenger Explosion Wasn’t Actually An Explosion

Chris

January 28, 2018

Today marks 32 years since the Challenger Disaster. On January 28th, 1986, The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds into it’s 10th mission due to one of its solid rocket boosters having a failed o-ring in a joint between 2 sections of booster casing. this caused a burn thorough situation with the booster which, […]

Space Shuttle Challenger Accident Investigation

Chris

January 28, 2017

History, Space

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This video, which was shared in my post last year about Challenger, details the events of the disaster. It explains the root causes of the disaster and takes an extremely detailed look at the 73 second flight of Challenger, the development of the fire plume in the right SRB, and the eventual disintegration of the […]