The breakup of the space shuttle Challenger was caused by the failure of two O- rings in one of the solid rocket boosters (SRB's) to properly seal. There had been problems with the seal on other missions, but it is thought that the decision to launch in near-freezing temperatures contributed to the failure, making the seal rigid and unable to seal properly. This led to a catastrophic chain of events. Hot gases escaped from the SRB, followed by a flame, damaging the clamp securing the SRB, and burning through the external fuel tank causing the tank to disintegrate. The forces created caused the orbiter to disintegrate (it did not explode) before the debris crashed into the ocean. The Columbia Space Shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003. The Columbia sustained damage to its thermal protection system during launch. The astronauts suspected damage to the shuttle while they were still in orbit, but nothing could be done at that point to repair the damage. The damage allowed hot gases to penetrate and destroy the internal wing structure, causing the shuttle break up upon re-entry.
febuary first 2003
because they made a accident
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986 at 11:38 am EST, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart immediately after take off.
Space shuttle Endeavour has not crashed. The shuttles Challenger and Columbia disintegrated in January 1986 and February 2003 respectively.
crash and burn
febuary first 2003
because they made a accident
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986 at 11:38 am EST, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart immediately after take off.
Space shuttle Endeavour has not crashed. The shuttles Challenger and Columbia disintegrated in January 1986 and February 2003 respectively.
crash and burn
the early 80's crash? no
There was no US space shuttle by that name. Possibly you are thinking of the Apollo 13 flight, which did not crash, but experienced an explosion on board. The command module was called Odyssey, and successfully returned to earth with the crew.
No, the Space Shuttle Columbia was not able to dock with the ISS. This shuttle was used to do other NASA missions until its untimely crash.
In 1766 after Cat Amunis took over Russia
Well, the space shuttle is no longer in space, it is in a museum, so if you hit a hockey puck off it, the hockey puck would probably crash into the museum wall.
It didn't actually crash, but was pulled apart by lack of aerodynamic stability above Texas. The debris path was over Texas and Louisiana.
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.