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The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster - 1986
2 June 2026 | Season 1 | 31 mins 32 secs
1986 aerospace disaster, aerospace, aerospace disaster, astronaut, disaster, engineer, groupthink, health and safety, iosh, nasa, nebosh, o-ring, osma, risk, risk management, ronald raegan, rrc, safety, safety culture, safety programme, solid rocket booster, solid rocket booster seal, space, space disaster, space mission, space shuttle, space shuttle challenger disaster, the normalisation of deviance, office of safety and mission assurance
In this episode we will discover the critical safety failures and serious errors of judgement that led to the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster of 1986, and the profound impact the disaster had safety and risk management in the aerospace industry.