Cole, Michael D. Challenger: America's Space Tragedy. Enslow Publishers, 1995.
I chose this book because it seemed like a good book and it was. It was very detailed and was easy to understand. It was probably the most useful secondary source that I used! It told me about all of the crew member's lives before the explosion and how they were accepted into NASA. It told me about how Christa McAuliffe found out about the Teacher In Space Program. She first read about it in a newspaper article and decided to apply to become the first teacher in space. She had as much of a chance as any other person had, but she was the chosen one. She was going to be the first teacher in space! She was so excited and spent several months trainning. After the explosion she was buried in New Hampshire near her family and friends. I've learned the most information about the Challenger from this book.
Stone, Adam, et al. The Challenger Explosion. Bellwether Media, 2016.
This book was also helpful because it gave me some of the same information but still helped me to thoroughly take in the information that it had. Even though it contained most of the same information as the other books, it gave me a refresher and helped me remember some of the information that I may have forgotten.
Adamson, Heather, and Brian Bascle. The Challenger Explosion. Capstone Press, 2006.
This book showed me more pictures of the event because it was a graphic novel. It showed me how the crew members of the Challenger lived and why everything that happened, had happened. The pictures gave me more of a visible experience of how everything happened.
Micklos, John. The Challenger Explosion: Core Events of a Space Tragedy. Capstone Press, 2015.
This book was helpful too, but had a lot of information that I already learned. It was not as helpful as the other books, but it probably would have been if I read that book first. It also did not give me some of the information that I found in the other books. This book was less detailed but I still learned some different things.
Caper, William. The Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion. Bearport Publishing, 2017.
This book recapped the things that I already learned about the Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion. It showed some interesting pictures. It was all the information I already learned. It was another good refresher.
I used many of the pictures from the websites below, The information was similar to the books listed above.
“Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster Victims' Families Gather for 30th Anniversary Memorial.” Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, 28 Jan. 2016, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3420606/30-years-Challenger-New-voice-astronauts-memorial.html.
“Christa McAuliffe.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 24 July 2019, www.biography.com/astronaut/christa-mcauliffe.
Knight, J.D. “Judy Resnik - Challenger Memorial on Sea and Sky.” Sea and Sky - Explore the Oceans Below and the Universe Above, www.seasky.org/space-exploration/challenger-judith-resnik.html.
AsianinNY.com. “Ellison Shoji Onizuka.” AsianinNYcom RSS, www.asianinny.com/?p=3048.
“Ronald Reagan – The Space Shuttle ‘Challenger’ Tragedy Address.” Genius, genius.com/Ronald-reagan-the-space-shuttle-challenger-tragedy-address-annotated.
“Fresno State.” Ronald E. McNair Biography, www.fresnostate.edu/academics/mcnair/mcnair-bio.html.
“Ask Us - Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster.” Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, www.aerospaceweb.org/question/investigations/q0122.shtml.
Ballard, Tom. “Thirty Years Later: Don't Forget about the Challenger.” The Signal, 2 Feb. 2016, www.tcnjsignal.net/2016/02/02/thirty-years-later-dont-forget-about-the-challenger/.
“Loss of the Challenger and of Capt. Michael Smith of Beaufort.” This Day in North Carolina History, 26 Jan. 2015, nchistorytoday.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/loss-of-the-challenger-and-of-capt-michael-smith-of-beaufort/.
“Michael John Smith (1945-1986) - Find A Grave...” Find A Grave, www.findagrave.com/memorial/1918/michael-john-smith.
“LTC Francis Richard ‘Dick’ Scobee (1939-1986) -...” Find A Grave, www.findagrave.com/memorial/1678/francis-richard-scobee.
“Gregory Bruce Jarvis (1944-1986) - Find A Grave...” Find A Grave, www.findagrave.com/memorial/12820920/gregory-bruce-jarvis.
Kreiss, Kellie. “The Crew Of The Challenger Was Alive The Entire Fall - And NASA Tried To Cover It Up.” Ranker, www.ranker.com/list/challenger-crew-was-alive/kellie-kreiss.
The Challenger Disaster: Lessons Learned " US Opinion and Commentary, blogs.voanews.com/us-opinion/2016/01/28/the-challenger-disaster-lessons-learned/.
Stebner, Beth. “Chilling Video Emerges of 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster Captured on Super 8 Film from Kennedy Space Centre.” Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, 11 Mar. 2012, www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2113206/Chilling-video-emerges-1986-Challenger-space-shuttle-disaster-captured-Super-8-film-Kennedy-Space-Centre.html.
Negative, Double 0. “Challenger Crew Compartment.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 14 Nov. 2016, www.flickr.com/photos/iphonegremlin/30868044372.
“The Teleconference before the Challenger Disaster - How the Thinking Shifted (Part One).” Clear Thinking, 14 Feb. 2016, clearthinking.co/the-teleconference-before-the-challenger-disaster-how-the-thinking-shifted/.
“This Day in History.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 21 Aug. 2018, www.history.com/this-day-in-history.
www.youtube.com Challenger Space Shuttle remains. September 2, 2018 Exploring with Jeep Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48HKGfpm7Yo