Challenger
Challenger was one of five National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space shuttle orbiters to fly in space, and the only shuttle as of 2002 lost in an accident. The shuttle was ...
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Challenger 7
On January 28, 1986, space shuttle Challenger was destroyed by a technical malfunction approximately 72 seconds after lift-off. The explosion took the lives of all seven crew members: Fra...
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Challenger Crew
Date of mission January 28, 1986
American astronauts
On January 28, 1986, seven astronauts died in the midair explosion of the U.S. space shuttle Challenger. (A space shuttle is a craf...
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Challenger
George H. W. Bush
Remarks Announcing the Winner of the Teacher in Space Project
Presented on July 19, 1985
Ronald Reagan
Address to the Nation on the Explosion of the Space Shuttle
Challeng...
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Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia Accidents
The losses of the space shuttles Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003 dramatically illustrated the risks involved in the human exploration of spac...
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Challenger
Challenger Crew
Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia Accidents