Challenger Disaster - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

On January 26, 1986, 2.5 million school children, plus Americans and people around the world, watch the launch of the first teacher, Christa McAuliffe, into space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. The mission is supposed to showcase ...See moreOn January 26, 1986, 2.5 million school children, plus Americans and people around the world, watch the launch of the first teacher, Christa McAuliffe, into space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. The mission is supposed to showcase the safety of NASA's fabulously successful shuttle program which is the envy of the world. But joy turns to horror as the kids in this classroom, and the rest of the world, witness Challenger explode. Why did it happen? Theo Wilson retraces a mission destined for tragedy, from a worrying mishap on an earlier shuttle flight, to mounting concern by engineers that Challenger had a fatal flaw, to a fateful 11th hour meeting where Challenger is given the go-ahead despite the warnings.See less