Bob Ebeling with his daughter Kathy (center) and his wife, Darlene. Howard Berkes/NPR hide caption toggle caption Howard Berkes/NPR The Two-Way Challenger Engineer Who Warned Of Shuttle Disaster Dies March 21, 2016 • Bob Ebeling was one of five booster rocket engineers at a NASA contractor who tried to stop the 1986 launch of the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded 73 seconds into its flight. He was 89. Challenger Engineer Who Warned Of Shuttle Disaster Dies Listen · 3:32 3:32 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/470870426/471467074" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Richard Vogel/AP Opinion 13.7: Cosmos And Culture An Enduring Lesson From The Challenger Disaster: 'The Sky Is No Limit' February 10, 2016 • Though accidents may happen, there is no stopping human exploration of space: We are bound to outer shores as we were once bound to shores on this planet, says astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser.
