Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger knows it was a national tragedy. But dig a little deeper, and it's even more heartbreaking.
Sally Ride became the first American woman to go to space in 1983 on board the Space Shuttle Challenger ... a year after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, which killed all seven astronauts ...
(This practice mostly ceased after the Challenger shuttle explosion of 1986, after which the military shifted to expendable rockets.) NASA focussed on reducing space costs, while the Soviet Union ...
27, 1962, and It took the spacecraft three and a half months to reach Venus. — Space History Photo: Kennedy Receives Mariner 2 Model — The 10 Weirdest Facts About Venus — Top 10 Extreme ...
The film delves into McAuliffe’s journey, from her beginnings as a social studies teacher at Concord High School to her historic selection for the Space Shuttle Challenger mission, and also ...