US Edition40 years after Challenger disaster, legacy of Christa McAuliffe continues to inspire
The 40th anniversary honors Challenger’s crew and Christa McAuliffe’s inspiring legacy, with memorials at Johnson Space Center emphasizing resilience and future NASA missions.
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Science teacher honors Challenger crew’s memory by encouraging curiosity, resilience, faith
HOUSTON (OSV News) — A Houston-area Catholic school science teacher said the Challenger disaster remains one of the most defining moments of her early understanding of science and human exploration, shaping both her worldview and her vocation as an educator. Cheryl McCoy, a middle school science teacher at St. Anne Catholic School in Tomball, was a college freshman studying biology when she first learned of the explosion on Jan. 28, 1986. Sittin…
Challenger Learning Center honors shuttle crew’s legacy 40 years after disaster
Children, students and adults gathered around television sets 40 years ago to watch the Space Shuttle Challenger launch. Seventy-three seconds after the launch, people around the world heard or saw the first major space shuttle disaster, in which there were no survivors.
40 years after Challenger disaster, legacy of Christa McAuliffe continues to inspire
On Jan. 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off at Kennedy Space Center, carrying seven people, including New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first private citizen chosen for space travel.
Wednesday, January 28, marked 40 years since the disaster when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. All seven crew members on board died. As the investigation showed, the main technical cause of the accident was a broken seal – rubber rings – in the right auxiliary solid-fuel booster engine. This engine was supplied to NASA by the Utah-based Morton Thiokol company – it was […]
This may have happened aboard the Challenger in the terrifying final seconds - The crew may have sensed that the space shuttle was no longer controllable.
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