Hard to mention Challenger and Columbia without mentioning the near-disaster that was Atlantis in just the second flight after Challenger's loss: https://en.m.w

Hard to mention Challenger and Columbia without mentioning the near-disaster that was Atlantis in just the second flight after Challenger's loss: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-27 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-27 '"We are going to die" he and others did not believe that the shuttle would survive reentry. Gibson advised the crew to relax because "No use dying all tensed-up""