The first Space Shuttle Disaster was Challenger which was lost during an explosion as it took off from Cape Canaveral on January 28, 1986, killing all seven people on board. NASA suspended shuttle flights for two years.It was launched from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:38am EST. This mission was highly publicized because it was the first time a school teacher was allowed to travel in space. Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher from New Hampshire was to be the the first civilian in space. She was selected from more than 11,000 applicants.
The crew of Space Shuttle Challenger consisted of 7 astronauts:
- Francis R. Scobee - Mission Commander - Michael J. Smith - Pilot - Gregory B. Jarvis - Payload Specialist 1 - Christa McAuliffe - Payload Specialist 2 - Judith A. Resnik - Mission Specialist 1 - Ellison S. Onizuka - Mission Specialist 2 - Ronald E. McNair - Mission Specialist 3
The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster happend on Saturday 1st, February, 2003 and was the second Space Shuttle Disaster and the first shuttle lost on landing. There was shock around the world over the tragedy.
Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on January 16th, 2003 at 9.39am CST. Columbia (Flight STS-107) was on a 16-day science research mission in Earth orbit which performed experiments in space.
It was the 113th mission. Columbia was the oldest space shuttle in the fleet of four. It was the first space shuttle to be launched in Earth orbit in 1981.
The crew of Space Shuttle Columbia consisted of 7 astronauts:
- Rick D. Husband - Commander - William C. McCool - Pilot - Michael P. Anderson - David M. Brown - Kalpana Chawla - Laurel Clark - Ilan Ramon - first Israeli in space.
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