NASA Sites

• STS-51L Challenger Mission Profile.
• Image library of the STS-51L Challenger mission.
• Press Kit: this pre-launch document has been scanned from the original print version and in high-resolution format by volunteer Rich Orloff.
• Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (commonly called the Rogers Commission Report), June 1986 and Implementations of the Recommendations, June 1987
• A Challenger Bibliography: This is chapter 6 of the Space Shuttle bibliography published in 2012.
• The fate of Challenger's crew: Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin's investigation tried to determine the cause of the crew's deaths. His report and the accompanying press release are available.
• The transcript from the mission's voice recorder, which operated from T-2:05 until the accident.
• Biographical Information on the Challenger Crew.
• NASA Administrator's Statement, on the Tenth Anniversary of the Challenger Accident.
• President Reagan's Address to the Nation on January 28, 1986.
• Senator John Glenn's Remarks at a Memorial Service for Judith Resnik, February 3, 1986

Non-NASA Sites

• Post-Challenger Evaluation of Space Shuttle Risk Assessment and Management, a 1988 report from the National Academies of Science's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
• President Reagan's Eulogy: Remarks at a memorial service held in Houston following the Challenger disaster, January 31, 1986.
• A case study in engineering ethics on the Challenger accident, from the departments of philosopy and mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University
• The Challenger Shuttle Disaster: A Failure in Decision Support System and Human Factors Management
• Davinder Mahal's Challenger page
• Challenger Center for Space Science Education, a living memorial foundation, comprised of a network of educational learning centers around the world, dedicated to the educational spirit of STS 51-L.
• Selected Congressional Hearings and Reports from the Challenger Space Shuttle Accident, a series of links from the Government Printing Office to information related to the Challenger Accident

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