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Challenger and Columbia Disasters

Challenger and Columbia disasters refer to NASA’s two space shuttle accidents that resulted in the death of all their crew members. Challenger was lost at liftoff in January 1986, while Columbia disintegrated on reentry in February 2003.

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Where were the remains of the Columbia crew located?

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The remains of the Columbia crew were located in multiple locations following the 2003 Space Shuttle disaster. Debris from the spacecraft and remains of the crew were scattered across a large area in Texas and parts of Louisiana. Recovery and search teams were able to locate and retrieve the remains of the crew members over the course of several weeks.

When space shuttle challenger exploded were all astronauts kill at that time or did any survive the fall into the water and died then?

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All seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger died when it exploded shortly after launch on January 28, 1986. There were no survivors from the explosion or the subsequent impact with the water.

Did the crew of the Challenger survive the initial explosion of the fuel tank?

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This week marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most enduring images of the 20th century -- the Challenger accident. One of the mysteries of the tragedy concerns the fate of the astronauts: Did they die instantly? Or were they conscious of their fate? Now, that mystery may be solved, WESH 2 News space specialist Dan Billow reported. NASA now knows that the astronauts lived through the explosion and tried desperately to survive. Story Musgrave, NASA's most experienced astronaut, said positively that the crew survived the entire way down. That knowledge will change the way future spacecrafts are built. After the Challenger broke apart over the Space Coast on Jan. 28, 1986, the crew compartment fell away intact and tumbled for two minutes until it hit the ocean at a speed of 200 mph. Musgrave, who knows as much about spaceflight as anyone alive, said the astronauts were conscious during those two minutes. "Challenger's fast, launch is fast," Musgrave said. "It's 'bang' and then it's a two-minute ride down. And you're conscious. We know that." Musgrave flew on the space shuttle six times, both before and after Challenger. He's a medical doctor, and space rescue and survival were among his specialties in his 30 years wearing the blue jumpsuit. "You died when you hit the water, we know that," he said. "There's nothing controversial about that. No. It's hard evidence. You died when you hit the water." The hard evidence came from the post-accident investigation. A NASA video described the shuttle's breakup with clinical detachment, and showed it was not an explosion. "The initial path of the crew cabin from the vapor cloud carried it across the path of an adjacent contrail. After 10 seconds, the crew cabin was seen again with the front end and top of the cabin visible," said NASA's Greg Katnik. A NASA statement released after the accident said, "The forces to which the crew were exposed during orbiter breakup were probably not sufficient to cause death or serious injury." Some authorities have suggested that a parachute system built into the crew cabin could have saved their lives. At the bottom of the ocean, divers recovered four of the emergency oxygen packs the astronauts had with them. Some oxygen packs were turned on, and investigators say they could not have been turned on by the impact. Someone had to turn them on. Still, NASA has never been willing to make an official conclusion on the fate of the crew. The agency always encouraged the belief that the astronauts blacked out right away. "NASA is unable to determine positively the cause of death of the Challenger astronauts but has established that it is possible, but not certain, that loss of consciousness did occur in the seconds following the orbiter breakup," the NASA statement said. The only voice recording that came back was the shuttle's pilot, Mike Smith, saying "uh-oh" at the moment of breakup. His was one of the turned-on oxygen packs. Looking at the shuttle disappear into a cloud of fire and vapor, most people probably assume no one could have survived it. Musgrave suggests that NASA's astronauts and other insiders know differently. "You could have lost consciousness for a little while at that altitude if it depressurized, but then, no, there's all kinds of evidence that you died when you hit the water," he said. Knowing whether the crew remained conscious after the breakup is important to the survival of future astronauts. The cabin of another shuttle, Columbia, also survived its initial breakup intact, although it did break up later on. Now, a parachute system or other escape method will be built into all future spaceships once the shuttles are retired.

How many people died on the Challenger when it exploded?

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# Francis R Scobee ~ commander # Gregory B Jarvis # Ronald E McNair # Ellison S Onizuka # Judith A Resnik # Michael J Smith # Christa McAuliffe ~ first civilian astronaut (a high school teacher in new hampshire)

Were the challenger and the Columbia shuttles replaced?

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After the Challenger disaster in 1986, NASA retired its remaining three Space Shuttle orbiters— Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour were built as replacements. Following the Columbia disaster in 2003, the decision was made to retire the remaining Space Shuttle fleet, and they were not replaced with new shuttles.

Where are the challenger crew buried?

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The crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger are buried at various locations. Some are buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, while others are buried in private cemeteries according to their families' wishes.

Who entered space first?

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The Soviet Union, both with a satellite and with a human.

In 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched into Earth orbit the first artificial (man-made) satellite called Sputnik. I caused a shock around the world, and raised questions in the US as to how they beat us into space.

4 years later, Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space after the Soviet Union launched his spacecraft into orbit with a Vostok launch vehicle. It caused an even bigger shock around the world than Sputnik did.

Where is a fork in spy gold challenger?

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I think it's on pg23 at the very edge, underneath the light bulb. It's like a farmer's fork

Where is the wrench you spy gold challenger?

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at the bottom of the page in a little crook in the meadow where the cows roam

Where is the feather in i spy year round challenger?

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I believe the string is on page 23 on the lower part of the dead branch. It kind of camouflages. It looks like a mini rope.

Where is four birds i spy extreme challenger?

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One is a parrot on the swim mask in the lower right hand corner; the other three are badmitton birdies (two on page 9, one on page 8)

What is inspiration from kalpana chawla?

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Kalpana Chawla is famous for being the first Indian American astronaut, as well as the first Indian woman that was sent into space. She was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster in 2003.

Where are the 56 People in you SPY gold challenger?

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Well there's all the noticeable people. Don't forget to count the yellow biker, the 2 people in the "crack" of the book, and in the "crack" of the book is a "School Crossing" sign with 2 people on it. Hope that helped. Also, I'm still looking for one more person.

Where is the shoelace in I spy extreme challenger?

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Hint 1 : It is on page 20.

Hint 2 : It is somewhere between the two gloves and the mitten.

Hint 3 : It is blue.

Where is the photographers coat in Ispy extreme challenger?

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the photographers coat is on the photographer

What did kalpana chawla do against her father's opposition?

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Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, India, in 1961, the youngest of the four children of Banarsi Lal Chawla and Sanjogta Kharbanda. Both of them had the childhood experience of fleeing their homes during the late 1940s when India was torn apart by the struggle between Hindus and Muslims following the country's independence from Britain on August 15, 1947. Chawla's father himself narrowly escaped with his life, and eventually settled with his extended family far away from their ancestral village. Kharbanda was the daughter of a doctor. Her father eventually established a successful tire manufacturing business. The couple had daughters Sunita, and Deepa, then son, Sanjay, before their youngest daughter was born. Chawla, like her siblings, was an above-average student while attending the Tagore Bal Niketan Senior Secondary School in Karnal from which she graduated among the top five students in 1976. Chawla's mother told Darryl Fears for an article in the Washington Post that her daughter "was different." "She used to cut her own hair, never wore ironed clothes, learned karate." One of her teachers recounted a project she had done on the environment, making "huge, colorful charts and models depicting the sky and stars." From her earliest childhood, she and her brother shared an interest in flying--something that he would have to give up eventually due to medical concerns.

When she announced to her father that she wanted to study aerospace engineering in college, he told her she should study to be a doctor or teacher, "a more respectable profession," according to Michael Cabbage, writing a biography on the astronaut for the Orlando Sentinel. He would not accompany her to her interview, leaving that task to her mother. Undeterred by a male professor, who told her that engineering was "unladylike," Chawla obtained a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Punjab Engineering College in India, in 1982. Though her father had hoped she and Sanjay would join him in the tire business, Chawla had other ideas. She was at the top of her class in engineering at the university and had been offered a job in her own college--but was accepted at the University of Texas for a master's also in aeronautical engineering. Because her father was traveling for his business at the time and no one but he could make the decision, Chawla took the teaching position. She had already attempted to go to flight school when her brother went but was unable to join the class without the consent of her father. When her father refused, her brother offered the advice that she must fight her own battles.

In his story to Josy Joseph for the web news organization, The Rediff Special, Chawla's father told the story of how he first discovered his daughter's wish was to go to America to study. "I returned after two months and reach Karnal late one evening. Kalpana was supposed to be home, but she wasn't. I asked about her. She is in Chandigarh, I was told. And then, someone said, 'Anyway why are you asking? You don't have time for her.' " he recalled after his daughter's death. When it set off a family revolt in a family whose wife and daughters were more liberal than the average woman of his community, he went to see Chawla who had already started her teaching position. The August 31 deadline for admission to Texas was fast approaching, only five days away. Determined to go when she could earn the money in another year, she was angry at her father for "destroying" her career. Then he told her that he was willing to provide the money for her, managing to call in some favors and get her a passport in only one day, and arrange for a visa the next. Only two days later, Chawla was ready to get on a flight for Texas with her brother when it was first delayed, and then canceled. She was able to arrange to be admitted late, with the university picking up her and her brother at the airport.

Where is the cane in the you spy extreme challenger?

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The cane is in a bucket. A fish is holding it. It's near a football and a bowling pin.

What mission was the Challenger destroyed on?

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Challenger was destroyed during takeoff on STS-51-L. (January 28, 1986)