At the beginning of 1986, a giant piece of the Challenger spacecraft, which exploded with 7 astronauts, was found. The piece had a length of 6 meters.
NASA’s second spacecraft to develop Challenger He was planning to send 7 astronauts into space. But the launch took place January 28, 1986 The damaged gaskets of the space shuttle caused a great disaster. The space shuttle exploded in the 73rd second of its flight, 7 astronauts died.
Although many of the pieces from the shuttle Challenger have been recovered, a new piece has been discovered today that has been lying in the ocean for 35 years. The piece, which was discovered in a documentary to be broadcast on the History Channel, was examined by NASA and The fragment has been confirmed to belong to Challenger.
Those moments when the piece of Challenger was found:
The fragment of NASA’s Challenger shuttle appeared in a promotional trailer shared by the History Channel. In the trailer, the sand on the piece was being cleaned. The piece is covered with 20 cm tiles and in total 6 meters long he had. At the end of the trailer, a diver said, “I think we should talk to NASA.” he was saying.
NASA did not share which part of the shuttle the piece in question belongs to. But the tile pieces to the middle of the shuttle It was shared that it showed that it could belong.
The piece was found northeast of the area known as the Bermuda Triangle. The documentary team was actually going after aircraft vehicles from the second world war.
This is how Challenger exploded 35 years ago:
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