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Fact check: Seven people died in the space shuttle Challenger disaster
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe claim: There was no deadly Challenger space shuttle explosion At 11:38 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986,...
Mary Cleave, the first woman to fly on NASA’s space shuttle after Challenger disaster, dies at 76
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission...
New York Times best-selling author revisits 1986 space shuttle tragedy in 'Challenger' (interview)
Space via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAdam Higginbotham was out with his first book when he got the idea. "People often asked me whether I...
‘Challenger’ Review: How the Space Shuttle Disaster Happened
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoBOOKSHELF It was so cold on the night of Jan. 27, 1986, that officials at Florida’s Kennedy Space...
Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy: Why disaster was almost inevitable
NY Post via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAt 8.15 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, New Hampshire social-studies teacher Christa McAuliffe sat with her...
The space shuttle was revolutionary for its time. What went wrong?
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The...
How many people have died in space?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWe see the space shuttle Challenger blasting off in a big cloud against a blue sky. Spaceflight is anything but safe, and the quest to explore the final...
NASA's fatal Challenger launch still echoes through the agency today
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhile on leave in January 1986, NASA administrator James Beggs turned on the television and spotted...
A TV crew was looking for a World War II-era plane. They found part of Challenger.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNearly 37 years after the space shuttle Challenger exploded, a television crew found a remnant of...
Space Shuttle Columbia launched for the last time 20 years ago in mission that ended in tragedy
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoORLANDO, Fla. — It was a cool Thursday morning in Cape Canaveral as the nation’s first space shuttle was about to make its last ever trip into space. Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off at 10: ...