#challenger explosion

[athenao7]

The Challenger helped them take off. Laika guided them to the moon. Apollo 11 is helping them get home.

[mcchill-16]

Ya know what’s sad?

The last words from anyone in the Challenger crew were the pilot, Mike Smith, saying, “Uh oh,” as the pressure in one of the tanks dropped :(( 💔

[cloudii-skiies]

the other day i went down the rabbit hole of the challenger explosion and the fact that nasa was warned that it was gonna blow up and still launched it anyway is so unbelievably sad

[erebusvincent]

NASA and families of fallen astronauts mark 40th anniversary of space shuttle Challenger accident

Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident are marking that tragic day 40 years ago. All seven on board were k

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident gathered back at the launch site last Thursday to mark that tragic day 40 years ago.

All seven on board were killed when Challenger broke apart following liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986.

[nocternalrandomness]

The "Challenger Seven"

STS-51-L was the 25th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the final flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. Just 73 seconds after launch, Challenger broke apart killing all seven crew members.

[blakescrazyblog]

I have, and will forever hold this knowledge in my brain.

The fact this almost happened, is insanely scary when you really think about it.

We almost lost a childhood icon that day. We were a mere few years from experiencing the most tragic death of a children's character in the history of our world.

NASA better thank the gods for those logistical problems. Otherwise they might not even be around today...

[humanpersonface]

Over on Tiktok there is a girl who showed this emoji:

And said that when she saw it all small she thought it was the plume cloud from the Challenger explosion.

And was like "which I obviously now see that it's of a random island. Or maybe it's an Island people know idk."

And of course everyone in the comments is like "girl.... that is Japan. That is the country of Japan."

Anyways isn't the human mind funny? Aren't people weird?

[girlactionfigure]

The first Jewish American (and second woman) in space was Judith Resnik.

Of 8,000 NASA's space program applicants, only 35 were accepted into the program; she was one of just 6 women.

When The Challenger space shuttle exploded, just seconds after taking off from Kennedy Space Center, Resnik was among the seven crew members killed #ThisWeekInHistory in 1986.

She was given many posthumous honors, including the IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award, established by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and awarded to an individual or team in recognition of outstanding contributions to space engineering.

May her memory be a blessing.

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