Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

In the two decades since the fiery tragedy on January 28, 1986, which marked the U.S. space program’s first fatal in-flight accident, no historians have fully recorded nor has the technical aerospace community fully discussed the reasons the mission failed and resulted in the death of seven astronauts. Not even the 1986 Congressional hearings brought … Continue reading Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster