Challenger Explosion Jade De La Torre Montebello Intermediate School 8th Grade Abstract The Challenger shuttle explosion was a devastating time for Americans, resulting in seven deaths. This explosion changed the United States’ space program, NASA. The Challenger shuttle contained six astronauts and a teacher from New Hampshire who had won a special contest that would allow one teacher to go up into space with a full crew and teach students from across the country from
The tragic incident of Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy took place on 28th January, 1986. The dramatic series of incidents happened as the NASA’s orbiter Space Shuttle Challenger bust and was disintegrated after 73 seconds from its departure from the launch pad. The incident led to the tragic death of all the seven astronauts on board. The disaster is considered to be a determining milestone that lit up a lot of discussions regarding the ethical aspects of space missions and work related threats
1986, the world was stunned by the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.” Many Americans around the world gathered around their televisions to watch the NASA Challenger flight 51-L launch into space. Everyone sat with anticipation as the launch time was getting closer. Finally when it was time, The Challenger was launched and within 73 seconds into the mission, The Challenger exploded. Americans were horrified as they sat and watched the space ship be engulfed with flames and not one person knew
The Challenger space shuttle disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, causing the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft exploded off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11:38am. This disaster shocked the nation because we thought that NASA was past the days of failed launches and deaths of American astronauts. President Ronald Reagan issued an investigation on the Challenger failure, known as the Rogers Commission
January 28, 1986. There was a rocket that blew up into smoke. It was called the children in school learn more about space. The NASA Challenger explosion was one of the worst mistakes made by mankind, but despite this disaster, it played an important role in improving communications within ASA, safety in space travel, and the redesign of the 0-Rings. As the engineers were building the Challenger. They were having some difficulties about the rocket. On the first two launches. The engineers saw that there
The Challenger Space Shuttle disaster was an awful shock to the United States. The Challenger was the first shuttle to be destroyed. One specific crew member will always be remembered because she was a teacher at a school. The Challenger explosion left a huge mark of improvement in the space industry. The Challenger Space Shuttle mission shocked the entire world when it blew up barely off the launch pad because off defective materials on the shuttle. The Challenger was originally meant to be a
1986, millions of Americans watched, in-person and on live television, with wonder and awe as the Challenger space shuttle launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Many were excited to see the first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe, launch into space. But tragically, 72 seconds after liftoff, the space shuttle exploded over the Atlantic Ocean for the entire world to see. The Challenger space shuttle, and the millions of dollars used to create it, was a complete loss. Much more importantly, crew members
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger launched for its tenth and final time. The shuttle came apart midair in a massive explosion and landed not as a glider but as a mangled mess of debris. The mess of debris included what had been one of NASA’s greatest creations and the scattered remains of seven brave men and women who dedicated their lives to science (Challenger 1). The explosion of the Challenger was a horrible event that touched the lives of people all across America. The national
Rhetorical Analysis of Ronald Reagan's Challenger Speech President Ronald Reagan's speech on the challenger explosion is one of the most powerful speeches of its time. The nation was just struck with a national tragedy so instead of delivering the scheduled State of the Union President Reagan gave the challenger speech from his desk in the oval office. He does this to because it was perfect karios because this gave this speech even more importance then the State of the Union. The death of the 7
Hampshire who applied to go to space in the challenger space craft. Ronald Reagan wanted social support so he sent one teacher to space in the first two months over 11,000 applied. when Christa was a kid she wanted to be an astronaut but didn't think she could so she didn't try, she then went to college to be a teacher. Christa won the contest and had to go through a couple months of training. Christa Mcauliffe was a very lucky woman teacher who won the congressional space medal of honor, because she