{"id":19485,"date":"2016-01-29T00:26:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/30-years-after-the-challenger-shuttle-tragedy-the-loss-and-legacies-linger\/"},"modified":"2016-01-29T00:26:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:26:11","slug":"30-years-after-the-challenger-shuttle-tragedy-the-loss-and-legacies-linger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/30-years-after-the-challenger-shuttle-tragedy-the-loss-and-legacies-linger\/","title":{"rendered":"30 years after the Challenger shuttle tragedy, the loss and legacies linger"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The crew of the shuttle Challenger takes a break during countdown training on Jan. 9, 1986: From left are space teacher Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, Judith Resnik, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Michael Smith and Ellison Onizuka. (NASA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s been 30 years since the loss of the shuttle Challenger and its crew on Jan. 28, 1986, but its impact is still being felt \u2013 sometimes with sadness, sometimes with hope for the future.<\/p>\n

Seven astronauts died when the Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, due to the failure of an O-ring seal that led to a burn-through in one of the shuttle\u2019s solid rocket boosters. The result was an explosion that flung the orbiter in pieces into the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

The investigation that followed found that the O-ring became brittle at low temperatures, and that the flight should not have launched on that chilly January morning. Investigators learned that \u201cgo fever\u201d led mission managers to overrule the engineers who recommended a delay.<\/p>\n

The mission\u2019s commander, Dick Scobee, was born in Cle Elum, Wash. Challenger\u2019s other astronauts were Michael Smith, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Greg Jarvis \u2013 and Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher in space.<\/p>\n