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Space Shuttle
28 Jan 1986
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida, United States, at 11:38 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC).
Disintegration of the entire vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. ...
Space Shuttle Events
| 1981 Apr 12 |
First Orbital Space Shuttle Flight
The first launch of the Space Shuttle occurred on 12 April 1981, exactly 20 years after the first manned space flight, when the orbiter Columbia, with two crew members, astronauts John W....
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| 1986 Jan 28 |
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. ...
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| 2003 Feb 1 |
Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, resul...
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2009 Jul 14 6:03PM
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After Numerous Delays, Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches to Dock at the International Space Station
STS-127 (ISS assembly flight 2J/A) is the technical name of the current space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. It is the twenty-third flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour....
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