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CNN shares what happened on the tragic day the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, including the astronauts' last words, the reaction of people on the ground,...
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Feb 1, 2003 · On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all seven crew members on board. “It happened just over one minute into flight,” NBC’s Da...
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The engineers closest to the Challenger Space Shuttle knew what was wrong — so why didn’t NASA... From faulty O-rings to deadly weather and foreboding warnings.
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Nov 11, 2022 · Divers looking for World War Two aircraft wreckage off Florida have found debris from the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster. Newly-released footage filmed in May 2022 shows the moment it was...
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Jan 28, 2021 · It was 35 years ago today (Jan. 28) that the most defining accident of NASA happened, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded after launch.
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- Elizabeth Howell
NASA's detailed account of how the explosion occurred and what happened to Challenger is provided in this narrated movie of film footage. PLAY (827K, 2min37sec QuickTime file)
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On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC).