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  2. 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.

  3. Rogers Commission Report - Wikipedia

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    Jesse W. Moore, Associate Administrator for Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters; Dick G. Smith, Director, Kennedy Space Center; Gene Thomas, Director, Launch and Landing Operations, Kennedy Space Center; Ben Powers, Engineer, Structures and Propulsion Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center; Day 10, March 7 ...

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

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    Space Shuttle Challenger breaks up during its 1986 launch resulting in the death of all seven crew members. This article lists verifiable spaceflight-related accidents and incidents resulting in human death or serious injury. These include incidents during flight or training for crewed space missions and testing, assembly, preparation, or ...

  5. Ariane flight V88 - Wikipedia

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    Ariane flight V88 [1] was the failed maiden flight of the Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, vehicle no. 501, on 4 June 1996. It carried the Cluster spacecraft, a constellation of four European Space Agency research satellites.

  6. Ronald McNair - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was an American NASA astronaut and physicist.He died at the age of 35 during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, in which he was serving as one of three mission specialists in a crew of seven.

  7. Space launch - Wikipedia

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    Space launch involves liftoff, when a rocket or other space launch vehicle leaves the ground, floating ship or midair aircraft at the start of a flight. Liftoff is of two main types: rocket launch (the current conventional method), and non-rocket spacelaunch (where other forms of propulsion are employed, including airbreathing jet engines).

  8. 'Everybody Hurts' director on the R.E.M. video that 'changed ...

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    "This track just really got hold of me — took hold of me,” recalls director Jake Scott, who at age 27 was still trying to make "that one video when you knock it out of the park."

  9. Space Shuttle Challenger - Wikipedia

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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.