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Space Shuttle Challenger is lost

The Challenger shuttle disaster that killed 7 crew members was 40 years ago. What happened and how they're being remembered.

Forty years ago, the U.S. space shuttle Challenger set out on a mission to not just launch satellites but to carry the first teacher into space and to inspire the promise of spaceflight into classroom...

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Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

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40 years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, spaceflight remains far from routine

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Shuttle Challenger remembered at 40th anniversary of NASA disaster

The Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after its January 1986 launch, killing all seven crew members.

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Space shuttle Challenger remembered 40 years after explosion

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It's been 40 years since 7 people were killed in the Challenger space shuttle explosion off Florida coast

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Frozen in time: Remembering the Challenger disaster and Concord’s Christa McAuliffe

Read about the tragic Challenger space shuttle disaster and the story of Christa McAuliffe, a teacher who dreamed of going to space.

The ascent of Christa McAuliffe: Hubris and deception in the Challenger Shuttle disaster

In the Challenger shuttle tragedy 40 years ago this week, two technologies – aerospace and television – flexed their muscles and revealed their tragic flaws.

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40 years later, how the Challenger disaster left a scar | Opinion

It was 40 years ago this week that many of us witnessed those fateful 73 seconds of Challenger's final flight. Let's remember those we lost that day.

40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.