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Spectators in the VIP area at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, watch as the space shuttle Challenger lifts off Jan. 28, 1986. The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after launch. (Bruce ...
it is with deep, heartfelt sorrow. I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...
Editor's note: This story contains discussion of astronaut fatalities and dangerous moments in human spaceflight. It was 40 years ago today (Jan. 28) that the space shuttle Challenger blasted off on ...