#Space shuttle challenger disaster of 1986 series#
He received his pilot's wings in 1966 and began a series of flying assignments with the Air Force, including a combat tour in Vietnam. This made it possible for Scobee to receive an officer's commission and enter the Air Force pilot training program. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Arizona. He took night courses and in 1965 completed a B.S.
Air Force (USAF), training as a reciprocating engine mechanic but longing to fly. He was born on May 19, 1939, in Cle Elum, Washington, and graduated from the public high school in Auburn, Washington, in 1957. The explosion became one of the most significant events of the 1980s, as billions around the world saw the accident on television and empathized with any one of the several crew members killed. The crew members of the Challenger represented a cross section of the American population in terms of race, gender, geography, background, and religion. The cause of the accident was a leak at the joint of one of two Solid Rocket Boosters that ignited the main liquid fuel tank. These seven astronauts-including the specialties of pilot, aerospace engineers, and scientists-died in the destruction of their spacecraft 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Center on January 28, 1986. Since the loss of STS-51L took place 30 years ago on this date in 1986 I thought I would reflect on the lives of the crew that was lost in that tragedy. Crew members of STS-51L mission walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Pad 39B where they will board the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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