Space Shuttle Explodes with first Israeli Astronaut aboard

[ibrodsky]

I knew when I heard NASA had lost contact that something catastrophic happened. Had they simply lost voice contact, it would have been no big deal. But there are several simultaneous transmissions, much of it telemetry, and only a major catastrophe could disrupt all channels at once.

The question now is what happened?

Israel's first astronaut was aboard. There was also an Indian female astronaut.