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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster remembered

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Shuttle Challenger remembered at 40th anniversary of NASA disaster

The Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after its January 1986 launch, killing all seven crew members.

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Challenger disaster remembered 40 years later as NASA prepares for new lunar mission

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Space shuttle Challenger disaster remembered 40 years later

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'Shuttle kids' from Colorado recall impact of Challenger disaster 40 years later

In 1986, 12 Colorado students and teachers witnessed the tragic Challenger explosion firsthand, leaving a lasting impact on their lives.

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40 years later: Remembering the Challenger disaster

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Challenger disaster at 40: How a shuttle explosion changed NASA forever

NASA’s Next Moon Rocket Runs on Shuttle Engines—Here’s the Story Behind Each One

NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo. The agency’s new era of spaceflight comes with a few parts from its past, specifically three rocket engines that have previously flown on space shuttle missions.

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‘Part of our human destiny’: The evolution of space exploration from shuttle to SpaceX

NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of space exploration, but was marred by two tragic accidents during the shuttle era.