CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
President Reagan appointed an independent commission Monday to investigate the shuttle disaster and NASA said two sea bottom “targets” that some thought might be Challenger’s crew compartment tuned out to be a helicopter and a small airplane. NASA also revealed that all but one of the 11 segments of the solid rocket casing that ruptured and flared 15 seconds before Challenger exploded had been used before.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 7, 1986
