About 37 years after its crash, a fragment of the American space shuttle “Challenger” is found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Florida, near Cape Canberal. This is what the “Canadian Center” announced to the space agency of the American space agency NASA. The wreckage was found in March by divers who were looking for the remains of a plane from the Second World War as part of filming for a documentary series. “When I first heard it, it took me right back to 1986,” said Michael C ‘Ianelli, the administrator at NASA responsible for the remains of the lost space shuttles Challenger and Columbia.
According to Cianelli, the relic, which is estimated at four and a half meters in length and width, is one of the largest found since the Challenger crash, which claimed the lives of the seven crew members who were on the shuttle. According to estimates, the fragment belongs to the belly of the shuttle, which disintegrated shortly after launch on January 28, 1986. On November 22, a documentary about the discovery will be broadcast on the History Channel.