 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mifananidzo yevhidhiyo yepedyo yeChallenger mukati mokubudiswa kwayo kwokupedzisira pana January 28, 1986 inoratidza zvakajeka kuti zvinetso zvakatanga nemhaka yekukundikana kweO-ringpamusoro kurudyi hwakasimba chitundumuseremusere booster SRB. Mvura inopisa yegasi iri kubuda kubva pamubatanidzwa wakashata yakakonzera kuputsika kwetangi rokunze, iro rakazoita kuti mudziyo wokufamba nomuchadenga uputsike nemhaka yokunetseka kwakanyanya kunokonzerwa nemhepo. Tsaona yacho yakaguma nokurasikirwa navose vanomwe vaiva muchadenga vaiva muchikepe. Endeavour OV-105 yakavakwa kuti itsive Challenger ichishandisa zvikamu zvekuchengetedza zvakatanga kugadzirirwa dzimwe orbiters uye yakaendeswa muna May 1991; yakatanga kutanga gore rakatevera. 