The Challenger
By:David Yoo
How did the Challenger exploded?
It was cold, so a rubber o-ring failed to close fast enough. It could n`t seal the joint, and hot gas rushed through the gap. The hot gas caught fire, and the Challenger exploded.
It`s a cold day It was around 30 degrees Fahrenheit. | And liftoff, liftoff of the 25th space shuttle mission. On the bottom right of the picture you see smoke almost as soon as the Challenger lifts off . | Obviously a major malfunction. On January 28, 1986, 11:38, while going into space, at 73 seconds after liftoff, it exploded. |
And liftoff, liftoff of the 25th space shuttle mission.
On the bottom right of the picture you see smoke almost as soon as the Challenger lifts off .
Other Important Things the Challenger Did.
First Untethered Spacewalk The first untethered guy was Bruce McCandless II, and he had a nitrogen propelled jetpack. He spacewalked on February 12, 1984. | Launch | People Going to Space. The Challenger carried the first woman , African American, Canadian, and Australian person to space. The woman is Sally Ride. |
First Untethered Spacewalk
The first untethered guy was Bruce McCandless II, and he had a nitrogen propelled jetpack. He spacewalked on February 12, 1984.
Launch
Facts
The Challenger deployed 10 satellites in her 10 mission career, spent a total of 62 days 7 hours 56 minutes and 22 seconds in space, travelling 25,803,936 miles, and orbited Earth 995 times.

NASA Tribute.
The 7 astronauts who died are on the top right corner, and the ten mission insignias are the Challengers mission. The astronaut spacewalking is Bruce McCandless II.This is the NASA Orbiter Tribute for Space Shuttle Challenger.