"then was Edwards Air Force Base in California, subsequently used as a backup landing site. The SLF also provided a return-to-launch-site (RTLS) abort option, which was not utilized. The SLF is among the longest runways in the world. After 24 successful shuttle flights, ""Challenger"" was torn apart 73 seconds after the launch of STS-51-L on January 28, 1986; the first shuttle launch from Pad 39B and the first U.S. manned launch failure, killing the seven crew members. An O-ring seal in the right booster rocket failed at liftoff, leading to subsequent structural failures. Flights resumed on September 29, 1988 with"
"gyro-drop at 315 ft opens. Construction started on Son of Beast. 2000 – World's tallest, fastest, and only looping wooden roller coaster opens. A WaterWorks entrance from the parking lot is added for season pass holders. FearFest, an upcharge Halloween event, debuts at the park for the first time. 2001 – Part of Rivertown and Nickelodeon Splat City are merged to create the Nickelodeon Central kids area. Gold Season Passes are introduced. The world's first junior inverted coaster opens. The first 3D movie plays at the Paramount's Action FX Theater. 2002 – World's first enclosed giant top spin ride opens."
"– The museum unveils the results of its $6.5 million renovation project. After 23 years of leadership, Dr. Joseph M. Chamberlain retires. 1999 – The 60,000 square foot Sky Pavilion, designed by Lohan Associates of Chicago, opens to the public. This new addition features four new exhibition galleries, including the historic Atwood Sphere and the Definiti (formerly StarRider) Theater. 2005 – Retired NASA Astronaut James A. Lovell, Jr. serves as chairmain of Adler's 75th anniversary celebration. 2007 – The Adler unveils its new Space Visualization Laboratory, bringing the latest images of space science to the public. 2010 – The Adler"
"absence. 1952 – Max Adler passes away. 1967 – The Board of Trustees is created to share in the responsibilities and management of the Adler Planetarium with the commissioners of the Chicago Park District. The Adler refurbishes the building and replaces the original Zeiss projector with a new Mark VI Zeiss unit. 1973 – A new underground expansion opens to the public on May 12, 1973, the Adler's 43rd birthday. 1976 – The Board of Trustees assume full management responsibility of the Adler, but continue to receive support from the Chicago Park District. 1977 – The Doane Observatory opens. 1991"
"the words, """"Challenger"", go at throttle up"", shortly after which the orbiter disintegrated. He also would have been the CAPCOM operator for the canceled STS-61-F mission during launch and landing. Space Shuttle ""Discovery"" lifted off from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 11:37 am EDT on 29 September 1988, 975 days after the ""Challenger"" disaster. The launch was delayed by one hour and 38 minutes due to unseasonable and unusual light winds, and the need to replace fuses in the cooling systems of two crew members' flight suits. The suits were repaired, and a waiver was issued"
"resulted in the failure of the walkway. It was documented that even the single-rod system would have barely supported the expected load and would not have met Kansas City Building Code standards. The final analysis of the damage had several conclusions reported including: The Space Shuttle ""Challenger"" disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter ""Challenger"" (OV-099) (mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. Disintegration of the vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. The Space"
"extremely thin atmosphere. If they are large enough, massive pieces traveling at great speed can fall to the Earth before burning up, with the potential to do damage. One of the worst human-piloted space accidents involved the Space Shuttle ""Challenger"" which disintegrated in 1986, claiming all seven lives on board. The shuttle disintegrated 73 seconds after taking off from the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Another example is the Space Shuttle ""Columbia"", which disintegrated during a landing attempt over Texas in 2003, with a loss of all seven astronauts on board. The debris field extended from New Mexico to"
"to the ""Washington Post"", Reinhardt supported live coverage of the rescue of Jessica McClure, known as Baby Jessica, who was trapped in a well in Midland, Texas, for fifty-eight hours in 1987. Reinhardt also spearheaded live coverage of all space shuttle launches during the 1980s. The move allowed CNN to unexpectedly broadcast the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster live on television in January 1986. Reinhardt placed the CNN logo in the lower right-hand corner of the television screen in 1988. The addition of the logo initially angered some CNN affiliates, who viewed the logo as distracting, although some claim that the"
"box office. The film's humor and unconventional story were well received by critics, fans of the series and the general audience. It was financially successful, earning $133 million worldwide. The film earned several awards and four Academy Award nominations for its cinematography and audio. It was dedicated to the crew of the Space Shuttle ""Challenger"", which broke up 73 seconds after takeoff on the morning of January 28, 1986. Principal photography for ""The Voyage Home"" began four weeks after ""Challenger"" and its crew were lost. In 2286, an enormous cylindrical probe moves through space, sending out an indecipherable signal and"
"in 1983. That year a funding campaign was launched, so capital could be raised for construction of the ""T.A. Wilson Great Gallery"". In 1987, Vice President George Bush, joined by four Mercury astronauts, cut the ribbon to open the facility on July 10, with an expansive volume of . The gallery's structure is built in a space frame lattice structure and holds more than 20 hanging aircraft, including a Douglas DC-3 weighing more than nine tons. The museum's education programs grew significantly with the building of a Challenger Learning Center in 1992. This interactive exhibit allows students to experience a"
"But that all came to an end with the tragic loss of the ""Challenger"" (STS-51-L) on January 28, 1986, taking with it seven astronauts, including Christa McAuliffe, who was to have been the first teacher in space. In full view of the world, a faulty O-ring on the right solid rocket booster allowed hot gases to burn through the external fuel tank and cause it to explode, destroying the shuttle in the process. Extensive efforts were made to improve NASA's increasingly careless management practices, and to make the shuttle safer. Flights resumed with the launch of ""Discovery"" in September 1988."
"or stepping inside a kaleidoscope. SciTrek's Challenger Learning Center is a $1.7 million, simulated NASA space shuttle mission which opened to the public in January 2003. Upon SciTrek's initial closure the Challenger Learning Center was put up for auction. Several museums and science centers expressed interest in acquiring the Challenger Learning Center for their facility. None of the entrusted facilities or museums were able to come up with the purchasing cost of $1.7 million. As a result, Challenger Learning Center, with its advanced computers and flight technology, was almost sent to the scrap yard. Turner Broadcasting System stepped in and"
"its logo, with an image of the Shuttle and the motto ""We Meet The Challenge."" They crew and mission are also tributed by the schools mascot, The Challengers, and their saying ""We Reach for the Stars."" The 1996 science fiction television series ""Space Cases"" is set on a spaceship known as the ""Christa"", named in honor of Christa McAuliffe, described in the series as ""an Earth teacher who died during the early days of space exploration."" In 1997, playwright Jane Anderson wrote a play inspired by the ""Challenger"" incident entitled ""Defying Gravity"". In 2004, President George W. Bush conferred posthumous"
"to Begin by Carter, giving Israel the opportunity to accept the notions of withdrawal from the West Bank and of participation by the Palestinians in a gradual, limited process of self-determination. As his 75th birthday approached, Ronald Reagan scheduled an interview with Feldman on the afternoon of Jan. 28, 1986. At 11:38 that morning, however, the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated after liftoff, killing its crew of seven. While the president postponed his State of the Union speech, which had been scheduled for that evening, he didn't postpone the interview. Feldman has covered George H. W. Bush since he became a"
"owners wanted to pass it on to their children. In 1995, Circus Circus purchased the Hacienda from Archon Corporation. By this time, the Hacienda was dwarfed by the many new megaresorts that were being built, in particular the Luxor, which had just been recently completed. On December 10, 1996, the Hacienda was closed to the public after 40 years, and imploded later that month. This implosion was broadcast on the Fox Network as a part of their New Year's Eve 1996 telecast. Despite the implosion, parts of the old resort still stood, due to the building not falling into its"
"Cape Canaveral. He was therefore present – drawing details of the launch platform and the shuttle - at the unfortunate launch of 1986 where the Challenger was destroyed. He then created for the NASA Art Museum a 6-meter high obelisk in epoxy resin to commemorate the Space Shuttle “Challenger”. The names of the seven astronauts who lost their lives in the disaster are written on the obelisk, using a “Three-Dimensional Universal Language Transcription System”, a hieroglyphic code capable of rationally transcribing every human language by coding the minimal articulatory constituents of their sounds. This system is developed in collaboration with"
"in 1986, leading to several years of recession for the Houston economy. The space industry also took a blow that year with the explosion of the ""Challenger"" in Florida. The first nine months of 1987 saw the closure of eleven banks, but also the opening of several cultural centers including the George R. Brown Convention Center, the Wortham Theatre, and the Menil Collection. On August 7, 1988, Congressman Mickey Leland died in a plane crash in Ethiopia. On October 3, a Phillips 66 plant exploded in adjacent Pasadena, Texas, killing 23 and injuring 130 people.The Houston Zoo began charging admission"
"1991 - K. Eric Drexler [Space Development] 1990 - Orbital Sciences Corporation [Business/Corporate] 1990 - Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology [Business/Entrepreneur] 1990 - Rep. Ron Packard [Government Service (Legislative)] 1990 - Lyman Spitzer, Jr. [Scientist/Engineer] 1989 - 3M Corporation [Business/Corporate] 1989 - James Bennett [Business/Entrepreneur] 1989 - Pat Rawlings [Compelling Art] 1989 - The Challenger Center [Education] 1989 - Sen. Jake Garn [Government Service (Legislative)] 1989 - Wendell Mendell [Scientist/Engineer] 1988 - Gilbert W. Keyes, Boeing [Business/Corporate] 1988 - Byron Lichtenberg [Business/Entrepreneur] 1988 - Dermot Burke and the Princeton Ballet for “A Tribute” [Compelling Art] 1988 - Kamil Naguib, World"
"a new color scheme and was renamed ""Superman: Escape From Krypton"". In addition, the trains were reversed to provide a backward-facing launch. In 1998, a new Bolliger & Mabillard Stand-up roller coaster called Riddler's Revenge opened as the tallest and fastest stand-up roller coaster in the world. Also in 1998 Six Flags was sold to Premier Parks. The next year saw no dramatic changes. In 2000, a steel hypercoaster, Goliath, was added. It was built by Giovanola. 2001 was to be the year of three new roller coasters, but only one actually opened on time: Goliath Jr., a steel kiddie"
"Construction begins on Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Castle. 2003 – World's first Giant Frisbee ride opens. Metal detectors are added at the front gates. Royal Fountain are refurbished. A large American Flag is added to the Eiffel Tower. In September, the park's main marquee sign was destroyed by high winds. 2004 – The water park is overhauled and becomes Crocodile Dundee's Boomerang Bay. The Nickelodeon Parade debuts in July. Kings Island Campground is closed. 2005 – Winterfest returns. 2006 – Hanna-Barbera Land and Nickelodeon Central are merged into a single area, Nickelodeon Universe. On June 30, Cedar Fair Entertainment Company"
"moving White House Chief of Staff James Baker to Secretary of the Treasury and naming Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, a former Merrill Lynch officer, Chief of Staff. The disintegration of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986, proved a pivotal moment in Reagan's presidency. All seven astronauts aboard were killed. On the night of the disaster, Reagan delivered a speech, written by Peggy Noonan, in which he said: In 1988, near the end of the Iran–Iraq War, the U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser accidentally shot down Iran Air Flight 655 killing 290 civilian passengers. The incident further worsened already"
"year, Space Mountain and The Carousel of Progress opened on January 15. This was the first Space Mountain to open. It was the first totally indoor roller coaster in Florida and was the first roller coaster to have computer aided designs and use zoning to have 8 trains on the track at a time. Another Railroad station was planned to be built next to the entrance and exit to Space Mountain, but due to crowds in this area, it was never built. Carousel of Progress opened on the same day, and was similar to Disneyland's version except it rotated in"
"after lift-off. Seven astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, were killed in the disaster. Then President Ronald Reagan postponed the State of the Union Address that evening. He addressed the nation in the time of tragedy and grief from the Oval Office. On January 31, 1986, two days after the tragedy, CNN provided live coverage of the memorial service for the Challenger crew members at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. On October 14, 1987, 18-month-old toddler Jessica McClure fell down a well in Midland, Texas. CNN quickly reported on the story, and the event helped make its name. ""New York"
"was broadcast live on April 21, 1986. The two-hour special (including commercials) was greatly hyped as potentially revealing great riches or dead bodies on live television. This included the presence of a medical examiner should bodies be found, and agents from the Internal Revenue Service to collect any of Capone's money that might be discovered. When the vault was finally opened, the only things found inside were dirt and several empty bottles, including one Rivera claimed was for moonshine bathtub gin. After several attempts to dig further into the vault, Geraldo admitted defeat and voiced his disappointment to the viewers,"
"his media appearances have been through television specials and guest spots on television programs. His illusions have included the disappearance of a Learjet (1981), the vanishing and reappearance of the Statue of Liberty (1983), levitating over the Grand Canyon (1984), walking through the Great Wall of China (1986), escaping from Alcatraz prison (1987), the disappearance of an Orient Express dining car (1991) and flying on stage for several minutes (1992). One of his most famous illusions occurred on television on April 8, 1983: A live audience of 20 tourists was seated in front of a giant curtain attached to two"
"the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle. However, the entire Centaur-G program was canceled after the ""Challenger"" disaster, and the ""Magellan"" probe had to be modified to be attached to the less-powerful Inertial Upper Stage. The next best opportunity for launching occurred in October 1989. Further complicating the launch however, was the launching of the ""Galileo"" mission to Jupiter, one that included a fly-by of Venus. Intended for launch in 1986, the pressures to ensure a launch for ""Galileo"" in 1989, mixed with a short launch-window necessitating a mid-October launch, resulted in replanning the ""Magellan"" mission. Weary of rapid shuttle"
"a result. On January 28, 1986, McAuliffe boarded ""Challenger"" with the other six crew members of STS-51-L. Just 73 seconds into its flight at an altitude of 48,000 feet, the shuttle broke apart, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members. According to NASA, it was in part because of the excitement over her presence on the shuttle that the accident had such a significant effect on the nation. Many schoolchildren were viewing the launch live, and media coverage of the accident was extensive. The Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle ""Challenger"" Accident—also known as the Rogers Commission—was formed"
"and is widely recognized as one of the defining moments of the 20th century. Since then, public attention has largely moved to other areas. In the United States, the Challenger disaster in 1986 marked a significant decline in manned shuttle launches. Following the disaster, NASA grounded all shuttles for safety concerns until 1988. During the 1990s funding for space related programs fell sharply as the remaining structures of the now dissolved Soviet Union disintegrated and NASA no longer had any direct competition. Since then participation in space launches has increasingly widened to more governments and commercial interests. Since the 1990s,"
"Space Shuttle ""Challenger"" in its 11th mission (1984). However, in the prime universe the ""Challenger"" exploded in its 10th mission two years later. One viewer noted this as yet another sign that the parallel universe is more technologically advanced than ours, as they began their space program earlier than ours. On its initial American broadcast on October 15, 2009, an estimated 5.78 million viewers watched ""Dream Logic"", helping it earn a 3.5/6 ratings share among all households and a 2.2/6 ratings share in the important 18–49 demographic. AOL TV writer Jane Boursaw wrote, ""The whole storyline with the creepy dual-personality"
"on August 11, 1985. The mission insignia was designed by Houston artist Skip Bradley. Space Shuttle ""Challenger"" is depicted ascending toward the heavens in search of new knowledge in the field of solar and stellar astronomy, with its Spacelab 2 payload. The constellations Leo and Orion are shown in the positions they were in relative to the Sun during the flight. The nineteen stars indicate that the mission is the 19th shuttle flight. C. Gordon Fullerton died on August 21, 2013, aged 76. Karl Gordon Henize died October 5, 1993 on an expedition to Mount Everest studying the effects of"
"Joe Arpaio, using inmate labor, to alleviate overcrowding in the Maricopa County Jail system, the fourth-largest in the world. The famous ""Phoenix Lights"" UFO sightings took place in March 1997. 1997 also saw the closing, after 116 years of publication, of ""The Phoenix Gazette"". In the mid-2000s, the Baseline Killer and Serial Shooter crime sprees occurred in Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa. Steele Indian School Park was the site of a mid-air collision between two news helicopters in July 2007. Phoenix has maintained an expansion streak in recent years, growing by 24.2% before 2007. This made it the second-fastest-expanding metropolitan area"
"the victims, and led to the creation of the Atlanta Arts Alliance. The French government donated a Rodin sculpture, ""The Shade"", to the High in memory of the victims of the crash. The crash occurred during the Civil Rights Movement and affected it as well. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Harry Belafonte announced cancellation of a sit-in in downtown Atlanta as a conciliatory gesture to the grieving city, while Nation of Islam leader Malcolm X gained widespread national attention for the first time by expressing joy over the deaths of the all-white group. Atlanta's freeway system was completed in the"
"Awards, including Best Science Fiction Film and Best Direction. The film became a cult classic and was followed by a sequel, ""Escape from L.A."" (1996), which was also directed and written by Carpenter and starred Russell but was much less favorably received. In 1988, following a 400% increase in crime, the United States government has turned Manhattan into a giant maximum-security prison. A containment wall surrounds the island, and routes out of Manhattan have been dismantled or mined, while armed helicopters patrol the rivers, and all prisoners there are sentenced to life, with no means of leaving. In 1997, NATO"