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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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Space shuttle Challenger explosion remembered, 40 years later

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

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40 years later: Remembering the Challenger disaster

It's been 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which killed all seven crew members.

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Horrifying final seconds of Challenger astronauts killed in disaster watched by millions

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LiveNOW & Then: Challenger disaster stuns nation

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Cothrum: The Challenger disaster is still incomprehensible after 40 years

The crew for the space shuttle Challenger flight 51-L leaves their quarters for the launch pad, Jan. 27, 1986, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Front to back are Commander Francis Scobee, mission specialist Judith Resnik,

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

New Hampshire Public Radio

Returning to the scene of the Challenger explosion, with a NH journalist who was there

We're revisiting live broadcasts from Cape Canaveral, with one of the local reporters who covered the launch in real time. Almost 40 years ago, the Challenger space shuttle broke apart, claiming the life of Concord High School teacher Christa McAuliffe.

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Chilling final seconds of Challenger astronauts in disaster watched by millions

The Space Shuttle Challenger was just 73 seconds into its mission when it broke apart in a fireball, claiming the lives of all seven crew members on board