Did they ever recover the bodies from the Challenger?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said today that it had recovered remains of each of the seven Challenger astronauts and had finished its operations to retrieve the wreckage of the space shuttle’s crew compartment from the ocean floor.
What happened to the bodies of Challenger?
In March 1986, the remains of the astronauts were found in the debris of the crew cabin. Though all of the important pieces of the shuttle were retrieved by the time NASA closed its Challenger investigation in 1986, most of the spacecraft remained in the Atlantic Ocean.
Did challenger spouses remarry?
The husband of NASA teacher-in-space Christa McAuliffe, who was killed when the shuttle Challenger exploded, has remarried. Steven McAuliffe, president of the New Hampshire Bar Association, married Kathy Thomas, a reading teacher for the Concord School District.
How did the crew of the Challenger die?
I think the Challenger’s crew died due to the speed they hit the ocean, killing them instantly unlike, the explosion. The explosion without smoke clouds, would be a quick bust of fire, and gone, survivable in some cases to the fact that they were wearing Space Suits.
When did the Space Shuttle Challenger go down?
On January 28, 1986, America watched on television as the space shuttle Challenger —carrying six astronauts and one schoolteacher—disappeared in a twisting cloud of smoke, nine miles above the launch pad it had just left. To a stunned nation, it appeared that seven lives had instantly been lost.
Why was there so much pressure to launch the Challenger?
NASA officials apparently felt intense pressure to push the Challenger’s mission forward after repeated delays, partially due to difficulties getting the previous shuttle, Columbia, back on the ground.
Who are the people on the Space Shuttle Challenger?
The Challenger crew. Back row (L-R): Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnick. Front row (L-R): Michael J. Smith, Francis “Dick” Scobee, Ronald McNair. 3. Relatively few people actually saw the Challenger disaster unfold on live television.