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  2. Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - Wikipedia

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    The crew compartment, human remains, and many other fragments from the shuttle were recovered from the ocean floor after a three-month search-and-recovery operation. The exact timing of the deaths of the crew is unknown, but several crew members are thought to have survived the initial breakup of the spacecraft.

  3. STS-51-L - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Judith Resnik - Wikipedia

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    Resnik's remains were recovered from the crashed vehicle cockpit by Navy divers from the USS Preserver [70] and they were cremated and scattered over the water. [71] The unidentified remains of the seven crew members were cremated and buried at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery on May 20, 1986. [72]

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

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    Piece of space shuttle Challenger found by divers off Florida coast, NASA confirms. Dylan Stableford. November 10, 2022 at 3:56 PM. The Challenger lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 28, 1986.

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

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    Divers searching for World War II wreckage off Florida instead found a part of the Challenger shuttle that exploded on live TV in 1986, according to NASA.. The discovery was announced Nov. 10 ...

  8. 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.

  9. 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 ...