Challenger Cabin Wreckage

Pictures from the apollo 1 tragedy.

Challenger cabin wreckage. Salvage efforts so far have yielded only 10 of challenger s 126 ton bulk. The remains of challenger astronauts are recovered from the atlantic ocean. This sequence of never before seen photographs shows the challenger space shuttle disaster from a dramatic new perspective as it explodes over the atlantic ocean killing all seven crew on board.

Were the remains of e shuttle challenger crew recovered quora. In march 1986 the remains of the astronauts were found in the debris of the crew cabin. The bulkhead wreckage measured 12 feet by 17 feet.

Forty eight pictures of the wreckage which was recovered from the bottom of the atlantic ocean off cape canaveral fla appear to show nothing startling about the fate of the challenger and its. Though all of the important pieces of the shuttle were retrieved by the time nasa closed its challenger. The largest piece of crew cabin wreckage recovered was a huge chunk of the aft bulkhead containing the airlock hatch that led into the payload bay and one of the two flight deck windows that looked out over the cargo hold.

Pathologists today examined crew remains recovered from challenger s shattered cabin sources reported while the ocean search continued for more body parts and debris such. Challenger s nose section with the crew cabin inside was blown free from the explosion and plummeted 8 7 miles from the sky. Wreckage recovered to date includes blasted fragments of a satellite booster that was riding in challenger s payload bay.

Nasa learned from flight deck intercom recordings and the apparent use.