SWITCH: Mobile | ePaper | Subscribe

Homes Rentals Jobs Autos Contests

2 children dead in West Point, older brother missing

Challenger

Man who warned of Challenger disaster dies at 73

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 4:23pm

NEPHI, Utah (AP) — Roger Boisjoly, a NASA contractor who repeatedly voiced concerns about the space shuttle Challenger before it exploded, has died. He was 73.

Boisjoly died of cancer on Jan. 6 in southwest Utah, his wife Roberta Boisjoly said.

Challenger, Death, Obituaries, Obituary, Utah, Deaths, NASA Read more Comments

People hold flowers and stand quietly during a remembrance ceremony to mark the 25th Anniversary of space shuttle Challenger at the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (John Raoux/Associated Press)

Challenger disaster memorial - January 28, 2011

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 28, 2011 - 12:21pm

Aerospace Industry, ATK, Challenger, Disasters, Slideshow, Space, Space shuttle, Featured, History, Memorial, NASA Read more Comments

NASA marks 25th anniversary of Challenger accident

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 28, 2011 - 12:39pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Hundreds gathered at NASA's launch site Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, receiving words of hope from the widow of the space shuttle's commander.

The chilly outdoor ceremony drew space agency managers, former astronauts, past and present launch directors, family and friends of the fallen crew -- and schoolchildren who weren't yet born when the space shuttle carrying a high school teacher from Concord, N.H.., erupted in the sky.

Challenger, Space shuttle, Memorial, National Read more Comments