The April 12 launch — at Pad 39A of STS-1, just seconds past 7 a.m., carries astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into an Earth orbital mission scheduled to last for 54 hours, ending with unpowered landing at Edwards Air Force Base in CA Photo Credit: By NASA - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=199486
The April 12 launch
at Pad 39A of STS-1, just seconds past 7 a.m., carries astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into an Earth orbital mission scheduled to last for 54 hours, ending with unpowered landing at Edwards Air Force Base in CA
Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after take-off — On January 28, 1986, the Challenger space shuttle and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right solid rocket booster caused an explosion soon after launch. This photograph, taken a few seconds after the accident, shows the main engines and solid rocket booster exhaust plumes entwined around a ball of gas from the external tank. Photo Credit: By Kennedy Space Center - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=530754
Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after take-off
On January 28, 1986, the Challenger space shuttle and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right solid rocket booster caused an explosion soon after launch. This photograph, taken a few seconds after the accident, shows the main engines and solid rocket booster exhaust plumes entwined around a ball of gas from the external tank.
Space Shuttle Logo/Patch — Photo Credit: By NASA - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2262939
Space Shuttle Design — Final semi-reusable design with throwaway external fuel tank and recoverable solid rocket boosters Photo Credit: By Wachtel, John - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34483667
Space Shuttle Design
Final semi-reusable design with throwaway external fuel tank and recoverable solid rocket boosters
Purdue University Mall — Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2550414
John Purdue's grave at Purdue University — Photo Credit: By No machine-readable author provided. Nowimnthing assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=886923
logo for Purdue University — Photo Credit: By http://www.ces.purdue.edu/ktgmarketing/StandardsManual_screen.pdf, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28362865
ASTP Soyuz Spacecraft — Artist's impression of the Soyuz 19 spacecraft from the Apollo–Soyuz mission Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=298859
ASTP Soyuz Spacecraft
Artist's impression of the Soyuz 19 spacecraft from the Apollo–Soyuz mission