Which Space Shuttle Blew Up
In 2003 the space shuttle columbia exploded upon re entry.
Which space shuttle blew up. Grounding of the space shuttle fleet for nearly three years during which various safety measures solid rocket booster redesign and a new policy on management decision making for future launches were implemented. On february 1 2004 the first anniversary of the columbia disaster super bowl xxxviii held in houston s reliant stadium began with a pregame tribute to the crew of the columbia by singer josh groban performing you raise me up with the crew of sts 114 the first post columbia space shuttle mission in attendance. Shuttle orbiter challenger blew apart some 73 seconds after lifting off from cape canaveral florida in 1986 killing all seven astronauts on board.
1 2003 killing its seven member crew. Skip to main content. The sight of the shuttle breaking up above the earth and sending a meteoric streak of debris across the sky was horrifyingly reminiscent of the challenger disaster almost exactly 17 years ago to.
Bob ebeling an anonymous source for npr s 1986 report on the disaster tells npr that despite warning nasa of troubles before the launch he believes god shouldn t have picked me for that job. An investigation led to changes in nasa procedures. The space shuttle columbia on mission sts 107 broke up on feb.
The rogers commission details what went wrong during space shuttle s liftoff. The five astronauts and two.