Vocabulary
very cold in temperature
What is frigid?
January of 1986
When did the Challenger launch/ explode?
7
How many people died in the explosion??
How many people were on the Challenger?
Morton Thiokol
What was the company's name that built the rocket boosters and told NASA not to launch?
Ronald Reagan
Who was the President that hired the commission to investigate?
hard and easily broken
What is the meaning of brittle?
What job did Mrs. McAuliffe do normally?
Whe was a teacher.
What happened to the 7 people aboard the Challenger?
They died.
What did engineers see on the rocket boosters when they pulled them out of the water from previous missions?
burn marks
What became brittle and allowed fuel to leak on the rocket boosters?
O-rings
the universe
What is cosmos?
What state was the launch of the Challenger in?
Florida
What did the astronauts eat for breakfast that day?
steak and eggs
What was one reason NASA did not want to delay the launch?
already had setbacks, cost more money, or SS lessons would be on Saturday
How many pages was the report that the commission delivered about the catastrophe?
over 200 pages
a person who uses science and math to design and create things
What is an engineer?
How many seconds after launch did the shuttle explode?
73
How many times had the launch been postponed before January 28?
2 times
Who refused to sign off and say that the launch was safe?
Allan McDonald
What was one other things besides o-rings that the report said NASA needed to change?
slow down schedule
better communication
more rigorous testing
felt deep sadness or sorrow
What is grieved?
What state was Christa Mc Auliffe from?
New Hampshire
What was the Challenger covered in that morning of Jan. in 1986
icicles
Did someone from Thiokol finally sign a paper to say the launch was safe?
YES
The commission that investigated the disaster included scientists, _____________, and Congress members
astronauts