The Shuttle took about 8.5 minutes to accelerate to a speed of over 27,000 km/h (17000 mph) and achieve orbit. Enterprise launched for its first mission on STS-76, on March 22nd, 1996. Space Shuttle Atlantis takes flight on the STS-27 mission on December 2, 1988. Shuttle Enterprise, a test vehicle, was refitted with all of the necessary equipment and converted into an operationable shuttle, and it replaced Atlantis for its future missions, (except for STS-72, which was replaced by Discovery). It was revealed that two big rocks impacted both wings and were lodged in there, collapsing straight through when the landing was beginning, right after reentry. The program was grounded for 12 months, and the Atlantis Investigation Board was created to investigate what caused the disaster. Brown Jr, and Mission Specialist 1 Ellen Ochoa all survived, with minor injuries. Even though Joseph Tanner survived, his injuries were so severe, that he eventually succumbed to his injuries a hospital on November 20th, six days after the disaster.Ĭommander Donald R. Clervoy and Parazynski died almost instantly as they hit the ground. The front portion of the space shuttle broke off and rose up into the area, violently throwing specialists Tanner, Jean-Francois Clervoy, and Scott Parazynski out of the vehicle, as their seats were broken off the floor from the impact. The wings broke off a minute later, and the shuttle turned towards a 50 degree angle, and began a deep dip down.Ītlantis slammed into the runway at 10:33 AM (EST) or 15:33 AM (UTC). The shuttle began to tilt as of a result. The wings began to glow orange as they burned. Two minutes before the disaster, in which it was set to land, the rocks broke through the wings, igniting sparks. Construction of OV-105, later named Endeavour, began in February 1982, but NASA decided to limit the Space Shuttle fleet to four orbiters in 1983. Seeking to rekindle Americas love for space and the technology that enables it, the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction opened at the Kennedy Space Center. Some of the engineers suspected the damage was very serious, but the reentry proceeded as planned. On January 29, 1979, NASA ordered two additional orbiters, OV-103 and OV-104, which were named Discovery and Atlantis. Before reentry, two pieces of rock hit into the shuttle's wings, lodging themselves into place. The disaster was the second fatal accident in the Space Shuttle program, after the 1986 breakup of Challenger soon after liftoff.ĭuring the launch of STS-66, a piece of foam insulation broke off from the Space Shuttle's external tank, but it missed the orbiter's wings by inches. Three astronauts were killed, and three other astronauts survived. The shuttle's wings broke off, and, with the shuttle taking a deep forward dip, the spacecraft slammed into the runway at a 50 degree angle, causing the front portion of the shuttle to rise into the air, which violently threw three of the astronauts out of the cabin. The Space Shuttle Atlantis disaster was a fatal incident in the United States space program that occurred on November 14th, 1994, as the shuttle was landing.
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