The Challenger Disaster
The space shuttle program was grounded for this long after the Challenger explosion.
What is 2.5 years?
This was the cause of the Exxon Valdez spill.
What are:
1. the captain left the ship in charge of the third mate
2. the ship hit Bligh Reef, a known navigation hazard
This was who Marty Cooper called on the first cell phone.
Who is Joe Engel?
This term means moving masses of water and volcanic material.
What is lahars?
This was the year the Berlin Wall came down.
What is 1989?
This part of the Challenger failed, causing the disaster.
What are o-rings/rubber seals?
This was the body of water where the Exxon Valdez spill occurred.
What is Prince William Sound?
Each cell has one of these that is linked to a control office.
What is a base station?
This sign of an eruption started in March of 1980.
What is a series of small earthquakes?
This was the state Reagan served as governor.
What is California?
NASA delayed the launch of the Challenger this many days.
What is 6?
This was the state where the Exxon Valdez spill occurred.
What is Alaska?
This inventor built radios that could send and receive Morse Code.
Who is Guglielmo Marconi?
This is the mountain rage where you'll find Mt St Helens.
What is Cascade?
East Germany had this type of government.
What is communist?
These are the two lessons Christa McAuliffe planned to teach from space.
What are a tour of the shuttle and the future of space travel?
This was the cause of the meltdown at Chernobyl.
What is a test that went wrong?
This person came up with the idea of dividing land into "cells."
Who is DH Ring?
This many people were killed in the eruption of Mt St Helens.
What is 57?
This country controlled East Germany after WWII.
What is the USSR/Soviet Union?
This teacher was chosen to travel on the Challenger mission.
Who was Christa McAuliffe?
This is the modern-day county where you'll find Chernobyl.
What is Ukraine?
This was the Motorola employee who made the first call from a cell phone.
Who is Marty Cooper?
Mount Saint Helens is in this state.
What is Washington?
This was Reagan's profession before he entered politics.
What is actor?