skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

Preferred term

Challenger disaster  

Definition(s)

  • The space shuttle Challenger exploded midair on January 28, 1986, killing its crew of seven after a rubber O-ring seal in a solid rocket booster joint failed. Investigations revealed how design flaws and organizational conflicts contributed to the disaster. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Challenger Disaster]

Broader concept(s)

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WBQTWJ0Q-N

Download this concept: