02071cam a2200373 i 4500 1238409176 TxAuBib 20240423120000.0 240319s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024002780 9781982176617 198217661X (OCoLC)2024002780 TxAuBib rda eng eng Higginbotham, Adam, author. Challenger : a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space / Adam Higginbotham. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space. First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. New York : Avid Reader Press, 2024. 576 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "On January 28, 1986, just seventy-three seconds into flight, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people on board. Millions of Americans witnessed the tragic deaths of a crew including New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Like the assassination of JFK, the Challenger disaster is a defining moment in 20th century history--one that forever changed the way America thought of itself and its optimistic view of the future. Yet the full story of what happened, and why, has never been told. Until now."-- "From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the ... dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on ... new archival research and in-depth reporting--a riveting history that reads like a thriller"-- Provided by publisher. 20240423. Challenger (Spacecraft.) Challenger (Spacecraft.) Accidents. Astronauts. Space shuttles Accidents United States. T3L