Description: Everyone remembers where they were when they saw the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion that resulted in the death of all 7 crew members: (L-R) Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis and Judy Resnik. In the front row, (L-R) Mike Smith, Dick Scobee and Ron McNair.Near perfect 8"x10" photo printed by NASA of the STS-51-L disastrous 25th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the final flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. Planned as the first Teacher in Space Project flight in addition to observing Halley's Comet for six days and performing a routine satellite deployment, the mission never achieved orbit; a structural failure during its ascent phase 73 seconds after launch from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B on January 28, 1986, killed all seven crew members —Commander Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Mission Specialists Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik and Ronald E. McNair, and Payload Specialists Gregory B. Jarvis and S. Christa McAuliffe—and destroyed the orbiter.Immediately after the disaster, President Ronald Reagan convened the Rogers Commission to determine the cause of the explosion. The failure of an O-ring seal on the starboard Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) was determined to have caused the shuttle to break up in flight. Space Shuttle flights were suspended while the O-rings and other hazards that could have destroyed the vehicle on following missions were addressed. Shuttle missions resumed in September 1988 with STS-26, launched 32 months after the accident.
Price: 25 USD
Location: Austin, Texas
End Time: 2025-01-04T05:48:20.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Exploration Missions: Space Shuttles
Size: 11x14 inches
Theme: Astronauts & Space Travel
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Print Type: Real Silver Halide Photograph - Kodak Endura Gloss
