Last Launch of Challenger

Challenger, NASA

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

A catastrophic failure occurred 73 seconds after liftoff as the shuttle emerged from “Max-Q,” the period of highest mechanical stress in the lower atmosphere. The vehicle broke apart in flight and exploded into a fireball. All seven aboard the shuttle were killed, and searches revealed no sign of the crew.

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

Alabama Public Radio · 1d

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

Challenger at 40: Lessons from a tragedy

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

Jefferson Public Radio

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 ...

Horrifying evidence of Challenger astronauts final moments after disaster

Seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger died 40 years ago today in a disaster watched by millions ...

The Guam Daily Post

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - It was a cold morning in Florida when the last words heard from any of Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew were uttered by pilot Michael Smith.

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

It's been 40 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ...

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