The 25th flight of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) space shuttle program took off on January 20, 1986. Just after liftoff a puff of gray smoke could be seen coming from the right solid rocket booster. Seventy-three seconds into the flight, the space shuttle Challenger had climbed 10 miles into the air and then exploded into a fireball. The cause of the explosion was determined to be an O-ring failure in the right solid rocket booster. Cold weather was a contributing factor.
In this case study, you will study the data concerning temperature and its effect on the Challenger's O-rings.