Space Shuttle Launch Cockpit

Space Shuttle Challenger explodes

NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded 40 years ago today, killing its 7-person crew. Photos reveal Challenger's legacy.

NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts.

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OTD in space - January 28: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after launch

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Looking back on the Space Shuttle Challenger, 40 years later

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Challenger disaster 40 years later

The diverse 7-member crew included a teacher who was going to teach lessons from space.

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40 years since Challenger explosion: What did NASA learn from the disaster?

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Akron native, astronauts honored on 40th anniversary of Challenger explosion

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Challenger disaster: Lessons in safety and vigilance 40 years later

According to Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who served on the Rogers Commission — the commission that investigated the tragic event — the accident didn’t have to happen.

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Space shuttle Challenger remembered 40 years after explosion

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Challenger disaster at 40: How a shuttle explosion changed NASA forever

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Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA

How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy Forty years ago, Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight, killing its crew of seven and exposing the management culture and decision-making process that led NASA to launch on a freezing January day.

The Oakland Press

40 years ago, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster changed young Floridians' lives

It’s been 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was a day the nation slowly realized something had terribly gone wrong.

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On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. The most serious accident in manned spaceflight to date shocked the USA and the whole world.