STS-51L

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NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission spaceflight accident

STS-51L was the ill-fated 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that ended in disaster shortly after launch, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members and major reforms in NASA’s spaceflight program.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
STS-51-L 10
STS-51L Challenger mission (originally scheduled from 39B, later moved) 1
Space Shuttle Challenger crew 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
spaceflight accident ⓘ
accidentDate 1986-01-28 ⓘ
causeOfAccident SRB field joint failure ⓘ
solid rocket booster O-ring failure ⓘ
commander Francis R. Scobee ⓘ
contributingFactor low launch temperature ⓘ
management and communication failures at NASA and contractor ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewFatality Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Ellison Onizuka ⓘ
Francis R. Scobee ⓘ
Gregory Jarvis ⓘ
Judith Resnik ⓘ
Michael J. Smith ⓘ
Ronald McNair ⓘ
crewMember Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Ellison Onizuka ⓘ
Francis R. Scobee ⓘ
Gregory Jarvis ⓘ
Judith Resnik ⓘ
Michael J. Smith ⓘ
Ronald McNair ⓘ
crewSize 7 ⓘ
disaster Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ
educationComponent Teacher in Space Project ⓘ
effect creation of the Rogers Commission ⓘ
major reforms in NASA safety culture ⓘ
redesign of Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters ⓘ
suspension of Space Shuttle flights for nearly three years ⓘ
fatalities 7 ⓘ
followedBy STS-26 ⓘ
launchDate 1986-01-28 ⓘ
launchLocation Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
LC-39B ⓘ
launchState Florida ⓘ
launchTimeUTC 16:38:00 ⓘ
memorial Challenger Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
Space Mirror Memorial ⓘ
missionDesignation STS-51L self-link ⓘ
missionOutcome crew killed ⓘ
vehicle destroyed ⓘ
missionSpecialist Ellison Onizuka ⓘ
Judith Resnik ⓘ
Ronald McNair ⓘ
missionType TDRS deployment and education mission ⓘ
notableAspect first orbital mission to carry a civilian schoolteacher ⓘ
most widely televised Space Shuttle launch up to that time ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
payloadSpecialist Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Gregory Jarvis ⓘ
pilot Michael J. Smith ⓘ
plannedPayload Challenger’s payload bay experiments ⓘ
Spartan-Halley free-flyer ⓘ
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B ⓘ
surface form: TDRS-B

Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B ⓘ
precededBy STS-61-C ⓘ
surface form: STS-61C
primaryContractor Morton Thiokol ⓘ
program NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraft Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
spaceShuttleOrbiter Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
surface form: Challenger
timeAfterLiftoffOfBreakup 73 seconds ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: STS-51-L
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Challenger crew
Ronald McNair → mission → STS-51L ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-51-L
STS-51L → missionDesignation → STS-51L self-link ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-51-L
this entity surface form: STS-51L Challenger mission (originally scheduled from 39B, later moved)
Ellison Onizuka → notableWork → STS-51L ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-51-L
Michael J. Smith → notableWork → STS-51L ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-51-L
this entity surface form: STS-51-L
this entity surface form: STS-51-L
STS-26 → precededBy → STS-51L ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-51-L
this entity surface form: STS-51-L
this entity surface form: STS-51-L
this entity surface form: STS-51-L