Challenger at 40: Lessons from a tragedy

Forty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff. Seven astronauts were killed, including ...
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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 ...
Alabama Public Radio

Alabama's role in NASA’s space shuttle Challenger accident, on its 40th anniversary

This week marks forty years since seven astronauts were killed in the space shuttle Challenger accident in 1986. Families of ...

Survivors juggle sorrow, hope on NASA’s day remembering Challenger, Columbia, Apollo 1

It was a cold morning in Florida when the last words heard by any of Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew were uttered by pilot Michael Smith. The seven members of mission 51-L, the 25th space shuttle ...
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NASA and families of fallen astronauts mark 40th anniversary of space shuttle Challenger accident

Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident gathered back at the launch site Thursday to mark that tragic day 40 years ago. All seven on board ...