Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

When

28 Jan 1986

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

28.64° N, 80.28° W

Description

in-flight breakup of the Challenger space shuttle in US

Deaths

7

Cause

faulty O-ring design, structural failure of external tank, O-ring seal failure

1986 breakup of American orbiter

On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated about 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC. It was the first fatal accident involving an American spacecraft while in flight.

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