The Challenger Disaster: Tragic Space Flight

by Carmen Bredeson

Presents the account of the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion that cost the lives of seven brave astronauts, including school teacher Christa McAuliffe.

48 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 1999

About the author

Carmen Bredeson is the author of The Spindletop Gusher: The Story of the Texas Oil Boom. She has also written more than 50 non-fiction books for children on topics such as space, exploration, holidays, history and geology. She travels the world getting ideas for her books with her husband, a petroleum engineer. She lives in Katy, Texas.