Christa McAuliffe: Teacher-Astronaut
Date: 11.19.1985 Title: Christa McAulffe in the Shuttle Mission Simulator Description: Sharon Christa McAulffe, the Teacher in Space Payload Specialist from Concord, New Hampshire, trains for the STS 51-L mission in the Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS). She is seated in the pilot's station. ID: S85-44511 Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC)
The Challenger Crew
FILE--File picture from January 28, 1986, shows the crew of space shuttle Challenger. The space shuttle with seven astronauts onboard explodet over Cap Canaveral/Florida 74 seconds after launch in 16 km height. All occupants were killed. In the front row, from left: Astronauts Mike Smith, Francis R. Scobee, Ronald E.McNair. Back row from left: Ellison S. Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis and Judy Resnik. (AP Photo/handout)
Launch
Spectators in the VIP site area at Kennedy Space Center watch as the space shuttle Challenger lifts from Pad 39-B, January 28, 1986. The shuttle, carrying a crew of seven, including the first teacher in space, exploded about 73 seconds after launch. All were killed. (AP Photo/Bruce Weaver)
Flames Leak From the Solid-Fuel Rocket Booster
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, UNITED STATES: Picture taken 28 January 1986 by NASA showing the solid fuel rocket booster of the space shuttle Challenger starting to explode over Kennedy Space Center. The US space shuttle exploded seconds after lift-off, killing it crew of seven. Challenger was 72 seconds into its flight, travelling at nearly 2,000 mph at a height of ten miles, when it was suddenly envelope in a red, orange and white fireball as thousands of tons of liquid hydrogen and oxygen fuel exploded. AFP PHOTO NASA (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
Explosion
The space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1986. All seven crew members died in the explosion, which was blamed on faulty o-rings in the shuttle's booster rockets. The Challenger's crew was honored with burials at Arlington National Cemetery. (AP Photo/Bruce Weaver)
President Reagan Watches
President Ronald Reagan and members of his staff view the Challenger explosion from the White House. American; Americans; Caucasian; civil official; Color photography; Color prints; famous people; Government officials; Heads of state; Human culture; Leaders; Males; National heads of state; North Americans; personalities; Photography; Political aides; Political leaders; President Ronald Reagan and members of his staff view the Challe; Presidents; Prints; Prominent persons; Ronald Reagan; ruler; Two-dimensional works; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States of America; USA; Whites
Recovering the Debris
04.09.1986 Title: View of the SRB recovery during STS 51-L investigation Description: View of the solid rocket boosters (SRB) recovery during STS 51-L investigation. Portion of the SRB is lowered onto the deck of the recovery ship. KSC alternative photo number is 108-KSC-386C-923/3 (30364). ID: S86-30364 Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC)
The Investigation
Views of the Presidential commission investigating the Challenger accident at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Photos include NASA Astronaut Robert Crippen pointing out Discovery tile work in the Vehicle Assembly Building (28888); KSC Director Richard Smith points out a portion of a solid rocket booster segment to Astronaut Sally Ride and to the chairman of the Presidential Commission, William P. Rogers (28889); Rogers and other members of the Pressidential commission examines the propellent contained in a solid rocket booster segment stored at one of the KSC ordinance facilities (28890). ID: S86-28889 Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC)
O-Ring: The Faulty Part
03.07.1986 Title: View of the O-ring in the top of the aft segment of the right SRB Description: This is a close-out photograph of the O-ring in the top of the aft segment of the right solid rocket booster (SRB) flown on Space Shuttle mission 51-L. The photograph was released following a hearing on the accident (10163); Close-out photograph of the top of the aft segment of the right SRB flown on Space Shuttle mission 51-L (10164). ID: STS51L-10164 Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC)
Return to Flight
Good of space shuttle Discovery lifting off from launch pad emitting billows of smoke. Kennedy Space Center (Photo by Time Life Pictures/NASA/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) American; Billows; Blast; Center; Launch; Lifting; Rocket; Off; Offs; Pad; Ships; Shuttle; Smoke; Space; Vii; Discovery; Emitting; Kennedy; Good; 30208; TIMEINCOWN September 29, 1988
