IN MEMORIAM

 

"The future is not free: the story of all human progress is one of a struggle against all odds. We learned again that this America, which Abraham Lincoln called the last, best hope of man on Earth, was built on heroism and noble sacrifice. It was built by men and women like our seven star voyagers, who answered a call beyond duty, who gave more than was expected or required and who gave it little thought of worldly reward."

 

- President Ronald Reagan January 31, 1986

Francis R. (Dick) Scobee

Commander

 

Michael John Smith

Pilot

 

Ellison S. Onizuka

Mission Specialist One

 

Judith Arlene Resnik

Mission Specialist Two

 

Ronald Erwin McNair

Mission Specialist Three

 

S.Christa McAuliffe

Payload Specialist One

 

Gregory Bruce Jarvis

Payload Specialist Two

 

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- Commission Letter to the President.

- Commission members' signatures.

 

 

 

- Volume I -

 

Preface

 

Chapter I	Introduction.
Chapter II	Events Leading Up to the Challenger Mission.
Chapter III	The Accident.
Chapter IV	The Cause of the Accident.
Chapter V	The Contributing Cause of the Accident.
Chapter VI	An accident Rooted in History.
Chapter VII	The Silent Safety Program.
Chapter VIII	Pressures on the System.
Chapter IX	Other Safety Considerations.
	Recommendations. The Commission. The Staff.

 

Appendix A - Commission Activities.

Appendix B - Commission Documentation System.

Appendix C - Observations Concerning the Processing And Assembly of Flight 51-L.

Appendix D - Supporting Charts and Documents.

Appendix E	Independent Test Team Report to the Commission.
Appendix F	Personal Observations on Reliability of Shuttle.
Appendix G	Human Factors Analysis.
Appendix H	Flight Readiness Review Treatment of O-ring Problems.
Appendix I	NASA Pre-Launch Activities Team Report.
Appendix J	NASA Mission Planning and Operations Team Report.
Appendix K	NASA Development and Production Team Report.
Appendix L	NASA Accident Analysis Team Report.
Appendix M	Comments by Morton Thiokol on NASA Report.

 

 

Hearings of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: February 6, 1986 to February 25, 1986

Hearings of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: February 26, 1986 to May 2, 1986.