Amelia Earhart and Sally Ride each achieved major goals in fields that were traditionally reserved for men. Amelia Earhart became the first woman in history to make a solo transcontinental flight in 1928 and Sally Ride became the first woman in space in 1983. After achieving these goals, they each...

Dennis Cullison Period, 5 April 27, 2004 History Mr. Peterson The Challenger Disaster There were many great and significant events that happened while the United States was under the rule of Ronald Reagan. One of the major events also had to do with the United States evolvement in going to...

Tuesday, January 28, 1986 is a day that will live on forever in infamy. This was the day that the Challenger, a NASA space shuttle, tragically exploded. The explosion left many people asking themselves, "What went wrong," and "What made the Challenger blow-up?" NASA conducted a ...

As the 1980's approached, the launch of a space shuttle was almost as routine as a trip on an airliner. Space travel had been successful on 24 missions. Most people thought the danger of space travel was nearly eliminated. On January 28, 1986, they were proven wrong. The orbital Challenger wa...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a government agency which invents and implements aeronautical, space, and Earth science programs. NASA is currently led by an administrator, Daniel Goldin, who has done a good job leading NASA into the twenty- first century. In the early ...

It would be difficult to argue the fact that the events of the brief flight of the Challenger that took place on January 28, 1986 was not an "accident". By definition, an accident is "an unexpected, undesirable event". The violent loss of one human life was in this case, an &qu...