Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
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space-shuttle-challenger-disaster-206-14527978
title:
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
text:
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). It was the first fatal accident involving an American spacecraft while in flight. The mission, designated STS-51-L, was the 10th flight for the orbiter and the 25th flight of the Space Shuttle fleet. The crew was scheduled
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1986 inflight breakup of U.S. Space Shuttle
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
date created:
2003-12-16T02:44:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T19:28:40Z
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