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Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion (January 1986)
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On January 28, 1986 America was shocked by the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger, and the death of its seven crew members.

From the beginning, though, Shuttle Mission STS-51L was plagued by problems. Liftoff was initally scheduled from at 3:43 p.m. EST on January 22, 1986. It slipped to Jan. 23, then Jan. 24, due to delays in mission 61-C and finally reset for Jan. 25 because of bad weather at transoceanic abort landing (TAL) site in Dakar, Senegal. The launch was again postponed for one day when launch processing was unable to meet new morning liftoff time. Predicted bad weather at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) caused the launch to be rescheduled for 9:37 a.m. EST, Jan. 27, but it was delayed another 24 hours when ground servicing equipment hatch closing fixture could not be removed from orbiter hatch.

The fixture was sawed off and an attaching bolt drilled out before closeout completed. During this delay, the cross winds exceeded limits at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. There as a final delay of two hours when a hardware interface module in the launch processing system, which monitors fire detection system, failed during liquid hydrogen tanking procedures. The Challenger finally lifted off at 11:38:00 a.m. EST.

Seventy three seconds into the mission, the Challenger exploded, killing the entire crew.
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Re: Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion (January 1986)
I remember where I was when this happened. I was in third grade watching this on the television with the rest of the class. The teacher ran over to the TV and switched it off real fast. Then said it ha an accident.
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Re: Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion (January 1986)
Can you believe there's actually contingencies for saving astronauts if the orbiter crashes? I mean, comon, historically what's happened when something goes wrong with the Space Shuttle?
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Re: Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion (January 1986)
they really went out with a bang..
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this happened almost to day 25 yrs ago i watched this on tv wow cant beleive this happened 25 yrs ago. bad day for nasa.
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Am I the only one that sees a scorpion in the first photo?.
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Damn, I'm getting old. I saw it happen in my 5th grade math class.
There was such a huge build up to this flight happening with the first school teacher in space.
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i was in 4th grade
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