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Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...
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NASA Challenger explosion remembered 39 years later

WASHINGTON — It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle explosion, one of NASA's most devastating tragedies. NASA's Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lifting off on Jan. 28, 1986 ...
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Shuttle C, the uncrewed cargo launcher NASA buried before it could reach the launchpad

After Challenger shattered NASA's ambitions, engineers designed a secret unmanned cargo rocket powerful enough to assemble ...
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NASA Challenger explosion remembered 38 years later

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's space shuttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral on its 10th mission on Jan. 28, 1986. It exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, claiming the ...