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  2. Section of destroyed shuttle Challenger found on ocean floor

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    A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy that killed a schoolteacher and six ...

  3. Photographer who captured horrifying images of Challenger ...

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    Bruce Weaver, a Florida-based photographer who captured a definitive image of space shuttle Challenger breaking apart into plumes of smoke and fire after liftoff, has died. Working as a freelance ...

  4. Part of Challenger space shuttle found by divers looking for ...

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    A History Channel dive team found a twenty-foot segment of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger in the waters off the coast of Florida, NASA says. An exact location and the depth off Cape Canaveral ...

  5. Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - Wikipedia

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    On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC (11:39:13 a.m. EST, local time at the launch site).

  6. List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after lift-off on STS-51-L at an altitude of 15 kilometers (49,000 ft). The investigation found that cold weather conditions caused an O-ring seal to fail, allowing hot gases from the shuttle's solid rocket booster (SRB) to impinge on the external propellant tank and booster strut. The strut ...

  7. STS-51-L - Wikipedia

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    STS-51-L was the disastrous 25th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the final flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It was planned as the first Teacher in Space Project flight in addition to observing Halley's Comet for six days and performing a routine satellite deployment.

  8. Category:Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - Wikipedia

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    Media in category "Space Shuttle Challenger disaster" This category contains only the following file. Challenger explosion.jpg 3,555 × 2,879; 1.3 MB

  9. Piece of space shuttle Challenger found by divers off Florida ...

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    U.S. officials on Thursday confirmed that a 20-foot segment of the space shuttle Challenger was discovered earlier this year off the Florida coast by divers who were filming a television ...