Space Shuttle Challenger Crew

All seven crew members were killed according to nasa including five astronauts and two payload specialists.

Space shuttle challenger crew. The space shuttle challenger disaster is one of those moments that most everyone watching remembers with extreme clarity. In this photo from jan. Reports of a secret tape recorded aboard the doomed space shuttle challenger that captured the final panic stricken moments of the crew raised suspicions of a cover up.

9 1986 the challenger crew takes a break during countdown training at nasa s kennedy space center. The explosion that doomed the. The crew consisted of five nasa astronauts and two payload specialists.

That was day of the challenger disaster when the nasa space shuttle orbiter challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight over the atlantic ocean off the coast of cape canaveral florida at 11 38 est. Seven space explorers including teacher christa mcauliffe lost their lives in the 1986 space shuttle tragedy. The space shuttle challenger disaster was a fatal incident in the united states space program that occurred on january 28 1986 when the space shuttle challenger ov 099 broke apart 73 seconds into its flight killing all seven crew members aboard.

On january 28 1986 america watched on television as the space shuttle challenger carrying six astronauts and one schoolteacher disappeared in a twisting cloud of smoke nine miles above the. Remembering space shuttle challenger. The five astronauts and two payload specialists that made up the sts 51 l crew aboard the space shuttle challenger in january of 1986.

Nasa lost seven of its own on the morning of jan. Crew members are left to right front row astronauts michael. From left to right are teacher in space christa mcauliffe and astronauts gregory jarvis judith resnik mission commander dick scobee astronaut ronald mcnair pilot.