Challenger

Adam Higginbotham

Language: English

Published: May 14, 2024

Description:

"Vivid...A true-life thriller." —The New York Times
  • "Gripping history." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • "Dramatic...[A] moving narrative." —The Wall Street Journal
  • "One of this generation's best nonfiction writers working at the top of his game." —Garrett M. Graff

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research—a riveting history that reads like a thriller.
    On January 28, 1986, just seventy-three seconds into flight, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people on board. Millions of Americans witnessed the tragic deaths of the crew, which included New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Like the assassination of...