From ancient eruptions to modern nuclear meltdowns, these catastrophes forever altered human history. Join us as we explore ...
A year later, the Space Shuttle Challenger would launch under similar conditions and be lost. Roger Boisjoly, an engineer at Morton Thiokol, which manufactured the Space Shuttle SRBs, later told a ...
On Jan. 27, the night before the Challenger launch, engineers at Morton Thiokol, the rockets’ manufacturer, pleaded against proceeding if the temperature fell below 53 degrees; they feared that ...