As the world watched the progress of the space shuttle Endeavour’s mission to the international space station and back last month, it was hard not to suffer from flashbacks to past space disasters. The presence of Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, for one, evoked memories of the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster, since Morgan had served as backup to Christa McAuliffe under the NASA Teacher in Space program for that doomed mission.
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NASA’s Foam Quandary, Part 1: Anatomy of a Disaster
Posted by: Katherine Noyes September 22, 2007 01:30 AMAs the world watched the progress of the space shuttle Endeavour’s mission to the international space station and back last month, it was hard not to suffer from flashbacks to past space disasters. The presence of Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, for one, evoked memories of the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster, since Morgan had served as backup to Christa McAuliffe under the NASA Teacher in Space program for that doomed mission.