Just 73 seconds after liftoff, the Space Shuttle Challenger explodes in a horrifying cloud of smoke and debris on Jan. 28, 1986. Seven crew members on board died. The cause was later blamed on a failed O-ring on a solid rocket booster.Just 73 seconds after liftoff, the Space Shuttle Challenger explodes in a horrifying cloud of smoke and debris on Jan. 28, 1986. Seven crew members on board died. The cause was later blamed on a failed O-ring on a solid rocket booster.
Just 73 seconds after liftoff, the Space Shuttle Challenger explodes in a horrifying cloud of smoke and debris on Jan. 28, 1986. Seven crew members on board died. The cause was later blamed on a failed O-ring on a solid rocket booster.