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Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.Named after the commanding ship of a nineteenth-century scientific expedition that traveled the world, Challenger was the second Space Shuttle orbiter to fly into space after Columbia, and launched on its maiden flight in April 1983.
The Dodge Challenger is the name of three different generations of automobiles produced by the American automobile manufacturer Dodge.However, the first use of the Challenger name by Dodge dates back to 1959 for marketing a "value version" of the full-sized Coronet Silver Challenger.
The Challenger accident has been used as a case study for subjects such as engineering safety, the ethics of whistleblowing, communications and group decision-making, and the dangers of groupthink. [58] Roger Boisjoly and Allan McDonald became speakers who advocated for responsible workplace decision making and engineering ethics.
Challenger, a television movie about the space shuttle Challenger disaster; The Challengers, a 1990 family film produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; The Challenger, the original British title for the film The Challenger Disaster, a 2013 BBC made-for-TV film; The Challenger, an American sports drama film
The first use of the Challenger name by Dodge was in 1959 for marketing a "value version" of the full-sized Coronet Silver Challenger. From model years 1970 to 1974, the first generation Dodge Challenger pony car was built using the Chrysler E platform in hardtop and convertible body styles sharing major components with the Plymouth Barracuda .
Challenger lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 08:00:00 a.m. EST on February 3, 1984. It was estimated that 100,000 people attended the launch. [ 7 ] Two communications satellites were deployed about 8 hours after launch; one, Westar 6, was for America's Western Union , and the other, Palapa B2, for Indonesia ; [ 8 ] both were Hughes-built ...
The Mopar '10 Challenger R/T is a limited version of the 2010 Challenger R/T with metallic pearl black body color, three accent colors (blue, red, silver) of stripes to choose from. In addition, these cars were available with black R/T Classic-style wheels along with a Hurst aftermarket pistol grip shifter, custom badging, Mopar cold air intake ...
The tenth mission for Challenger, STS-51-L, was scheduled to deploy the second in a series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites , carry out the first flight of the "Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy" (SPARTAN-203) / Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable in order to observe Halley's Comet, and carry out several lessons from ...