what is the shuttle program mentioned above about?
It was the program to carry out routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo; as well as the final flight of Space Shuttle "Challenger".
STS-51-L
the program to carry out routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo; as well as the final flight of Space Shuttle "Challenger".
16. what are the three phases of space shuttle flight Design Phase, Firing Phase, Landing phase what exactly is this space vehicle for? The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system can you name a few people who were involved in launching this? UNANSWERABLE are there any accidents associated with it? Yes,  STS-51-L disintegrated 73 seconds after launch, due to the failure of the right SRB, killing all seven astronauts on board "Challenger".
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STS-51-L [SEP] Introduction
STS-51-L was the disastrous 25th mission of the United States Space Shuttle program, the program to carry out routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo; as well as the final flight of Space Shuttle "Challenger". Planned as the first Teacher in Space Project in addition to observing Halley's Comet for six days, the mission never achieved orbit; a structural failure during its ascent phase 73 seconds after launch from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B on January 28, 1986, killed all seven crew members — Commander Dick Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Mission Specialists Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik and Ronald E.