Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
28 1986 disaster struck. It also carried the Spartan Halley spacecraft a small satellite. Pin Page The space shuttle Columbia broke apart on February 1 2003 while re-entering the Earths atmosphere killing all seven crew members. . Space shuttle also called Space Transportation System partially reusable rocket-launched vehicle designed to go into orbit around Earth to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft and to glide to a runway landing on its return to Earths surface that was developed by the US. Before the catastrophe an escape system for the occupying crew was never really considered which meant that if the cabin happened to break off from the rest of the shuttle then the crew would be trapped inside. Challenger disaster explosion of the US. National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA. The Rogers Commission Report was written by a Presidential Commission charged with investigating the Space S...