STS-41-D Crew Enjoying Space. NASA public domain image colelction.
(September 6, 1984) Crewmembers of NASA's 41-D mission take a group shot displaying their fun moments in space aboard the orbiter Discovery. Crewmembers are (counter-clockwise from center) crew commander Henry ... More
The STS-51L Crew. NASA public domain image colelction.
(November 15, 1985) The STS-51L crewmembers are: in the back row from left to right: Mission Specialist, Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher in Space Participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist, Greg Jarvi... More
CREW TRAINING - STS-33/51L (ZERO-G)
S85-42474 (16 Oct. 1985) --- A KC-135 aircraft provides a brief period of weightlessness as a preview for a teacher, in training to fly onboard a space shuttle for the Teacher-in-Space Project, and her backup. ... More
STS-51-L Debris (Airlock). NASA public domain image colelction.
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch. Search teams later retrieved... More
Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-51L
Launch- Jan. 28, 1986.Astronauts: Francis R. Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Judith A. Resnik, Ellison S. Onizuka, Ronald E. McNair, Gregory B. Jarvis and Sharon Christa McAuliffe.Space Shuttle: Challenger.STS-51L wa... More
STS-51-L Recovered Debris (Left Sidewall)
(April 7, 1986) On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch. Search and r... More
STS-51-L Recovered Debris (Lower Right Vertical Stabilizer)
(April 15, 1986) On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch. Among other... More
Ice on the Pad on the Day of STS-51-L's Launch
(January 28, 1986) On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch. On the da... More
STS-51-L Recovered Debris (ET and SRBs)
(April 8, 1986) On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch. After the ac... More
Christa McAuliffe Experiences Weightlessness During KC-135 Flight
(January 8, 1986) Sharon Christa McAuliffe received a preview of microgravity during a special flight aboard NASA's KC-135 "zero gravity" aircraft. A special parabolic pattern flown by the aircraft provides sho... More
STS-51-L Recovered Debris (Forward Skirt)
(April 22, 1986) On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch. Using subma... More
Members of the Rogers Commission arrive at KSC
(March 7, 1986) Following the Space Shuttle Challenger accident in January 1986, President Reagan appointed a Presidential Commission to investigate the accident. The fourteen members of the Commission included... More
Challenger. NASA public domain image colelction.
(January 28, 1986) Close-up view of the liftoff of the Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51L taken from camera site 39B-2/T3. From this camera position, a cloud of grey-brown smoke can be seen on the right side... More
51-L Challenger Crew in White Room
(January 8, 1986) Crew members of mission STS-51L stand in the White Room at Pad 39B following the end of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). From left to right they are: Teacher in Space Particip... More
Teacher in Space Christa McAuliffe on the KC-135 for zero-G training
S86-25180 (October 1985) --- Sharon Christa McAuliffe, STS-51L citizen observer/payload specialist, representing the Teacher-in-Space Project, floats forward and upward during a few moments of weightlessness ab... More
Views of Mission Control during launch of STS-51L
51L-S-002 (28 Jan. 1986) --- Flight directors Jay H. Greene (foreground) and Alan L. (Lee) Briscoe study data on monitors at their consoles in the flight control room (FCR) of the Johnson Space Center's Mission... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA/ADMIN ARRIVAL OF VICE PRESIDENT BUSH FOL...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA/ADMIN ARRIVAL OF VICE PRESIDENT BUSH FOLLOWING STS-51L. Photo credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA/ADMIN ARRIVAL OF VICE PRESIDENT BUSH FOL...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA/ADMIN ARRIVAL OF VICE PRESIDENT BUSH FOLLOWING STS-51L. Photo credit: NASA
Liftoff of Shuttle Challenger for STS 51-L mission
51L-S-156 (28 Jan. 1986) --- The space shuttle Challenger lifted off from Pad 39B Jan. 28, 1986 at 11:38 a.m. (EST) with a crew of seven astronauts and the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). An accident ... More
Challenger Wreckage Entombment, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
(January 29, 1987) STS-51L Challenger wreckage remains and boxes of debris being lowered into abandoned Minuteman Missile Silos at Complex 31 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.