Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Video [With Real Video] | Mayday: Air Disaster (4K)

Support Channel → Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Video [With Real Video] | Mayday: Air Disaster (4K) The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was a fatal accident in the United States’ space program that occurred on January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The mission carried the designation STS-51-L and was the tenth flight for the Challenger orbiter. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC). The disaster began after a joint in the Space Shuttle’s right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. The failure was caused by the failure of O-ring seals used in the joint, in part because of the unusually cold temperatures at the time of launch. The seals’ failure caused a breach in the SRB joint, which allowed pressurized burning gas from within the sol