Space

What We Learned from Challenger and Columbia

Late January and early February are the anniversaries of two of the most disastrous events in the history of spaceflight. What did we learn from these events, and how do we move forward?

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Sources:
http://engineer.jpl.nasa.gov/practices/1257.pdf
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Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Challenger_flight_51-l_crew.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-51-L_grey_smoke_on_SRB.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RogersCommission-v1p57.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster#/media/File:Crew_of_STS-107,_official_photo.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soyuz_TMA-19_docked_to_the_Rassvet_Mini-Research_Module.jpg
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