The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off on January 28, 1986. The Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost due to a ruptured O-ring.
PHOTO: The crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-51-L pose for their official portrait on November 15, 1985. In the back row from left to right: Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, and Judy Resnik. In the front row from left to right: Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ron McNair. --- Wikipedia Public Domain
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This video briefly discusses the space shuttle Challenger disaster, and ETV's Sumter station sends a crew to Ron McNair's hometown of Lake City, South Carolina. There, they interview friends of McNair...
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Dr. LeConte Cathey, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of South Carolina, talks about the risks involved with space travel. ETV then sends a crew to interview random people in the...
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Ethel Bolden discusses why her son, Charles, chooses to be an astronaut, even in light of the dangers involved with space-flight. After the interview, the video gives a brief history of NASA space...
