Tag: challenger disaster
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Roger Boisjoly, Whistleblower Warned of Challenger Disaster, Dies 73
from nytimes.com: Six months before the space shuttle Challenger exploded over Florida on Jan. 28, 1986, Roger Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo. He warned that if the weather was too cold, seals connecting sections of the shuttle’s huge rocket boosters could fail. “The result could be a catastrophe of the highest order, loss of human…
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endeavour launch set; giffords returns for husband’s flight
from usa today: The space shuttle Endeavour stood poised for its final launch Sunday on Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A. Endeavour, with a crew of six astronauts, is scheduled to blast off this morning at 8:56 on NASA’s next-to-last shuttle mission. NASA officials said Sunday that conditions — from weather to technical issues -…
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Challenger: ‘Obviously, A Major Malfunction’
“A Colombian Enterprise to Endeavor for the Discovery of Atlantis… and all Challengers shall be destroyed”