Were the Challenger crew alive when they hit water?
WASHINGTON (AP) _ NASA’s most experienced shuttle crewman said Friday it was possible, though uncertain, the Challenger astronauts were breathing and unconscious when their cabin hit the Atlantic Ocean on Jan. 28.
What injuries did the Challenger astronauts sustain?
The new document lists five “events” that were each potentially lethal to the crew: Loss of cabin pressure just before or as the cabin broke up; crew members, unconscious or already dead, crashing into objects in the module; being thrown from their seats and the module; exposure to a near vacuum at 100,000 feet; and …
Did the astronauts on the Challenger die instantly?
The astronauts aboard the shuttle didn’t die instantly. After the collapse of its fuel tank, the Challenger itself remained momentarily intact, and actually continued moving upwards. Crew members are (left to right, front row) astronauts Michael J. Smith, Francis R. (Dick) Scobee and Ronald E.
What remains were found of the Challenger crew?
The crew compartment of the space shuttle Challenger, with the remains of astronauts aboard, has been found 100 feet beneath the sea off the coast of Florida, NASA officials announced Sunday. “Subsequent dives provided positive identification of Challenger crew compartment debris and the existence of crew remains.”
Did Columbia astronauts know they were going to die?
The seven astronauts aboard the doomed space shuttle Columbia are likely to have known they were going to die for between 60 and 90 seconds before the craft broke apart, Nasa officials said yesterday.
Did they know Columbia was doomed?
When the NASA official raised the question in 2003 just days before the accident that claimed seven astronauts’ lives, managers thought — wrongly — that Columbia’s heat shield was fine. It wasn’t. Columbia, NASA’s oldest shuttle, broke apart over Texas 10 years ago Friday upon returning to Earth after a 16-day mission.
Which two space shuttles blew up?
On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia breaks up while entering the atmosphere over Texas, killing all seven crew members on board.
What space shuttle blew up on take off?
space shuttle Challenger