the challenger space shuttle blew up on december 17, 1996.
the challenger space shuttle blew up on december 17, 1996.
when did the challenger space shuttle blow up?
december 17, 1996
space shuttle "challenger" (orbiter vehicle designation: ov-099) was the second orbiter of nasa's space shuttle program to be put into service, after "columbia". "challenger" was built by rockwell international's space transportation systems division, in downey, california. its maiden flight, sts-6, began on april 4, 1983. the orbiter was launched and landed nine times before breaking apart 73 seconds into its tenth mission, sts-51-l, on january 28, 1986, resulting in the death of all seven crew members, including a civilian school teacher. it was the first of two shuttles to be destroyed in flight, the other being "columbia", in 2003. the accident led to a two-and-a-half-year grounding of the shuttle fleet; flights resumed in 1988, with sts-26 flown by "discovery". "challenger" was replaced by "endeavour", which was built from structural spares ordered by nasa in the construction contracts for "discovery" and "atlantis".
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bullet::::- list of human spaceflights









































bullet::::- list of space shuttle crews









































bullet::::- list of space shuttle missions









































bullet::::- timeline of space shuttle missions









































bullet::::- list of human spaceflights chronologically









































bullet::::- "challenger" flag









































bullet::::- challenger colles, mountain range on pluto named for the space shuttle









































bullet::::- space shuttle "challenger" disaster









































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bullet::::- ronald reagan: address to the nation on the explosion of the space shuttle "challenger"









































bullet::::- space shuttle "challenger" explosion video









































bullet::::- shuttle orbiter "challenger" (ov-99)









































bullet::::- rogers commission report









































bullet::::- astronautix on "challenger"









































bullet::::- space shuttle "challenger": a tribute – slideshow by "life (magazine)"
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