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Shuttle Challenger remembered at 40th anniversary of NASA disaster

The Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after its January 1986 launch, killing all seven crew members.

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Challenger disaster remembered 40 years later as NASA prepares for new lunar mission

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Space shuttle Challenger disaster remembered 40 years later

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Challenger disaster: Lessons in safety and vigilance 40 years later

Forty years ago today, Jan, 28, 1986, classrooms and households alike watched a live broadcast of what they thought was going to be a happy historic day.

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'Shuttle kids' from Colorado recall impact of Challenger disaster 40 years later

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40 years later: Remembering the Challenger disaster

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The night the Soviet moon rocket exploded, the N1 disaster that nearly changed the space race

In July 1969, just weeks before Apollo 11, the Soviet Union lost its giant N1 moon rocket in one of the most powerful non nuclear explosions in history. Kept secret for decades, the disaster revealed how close and how fragile the Moon Race truly was.

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Space Accidents Fast Facts

Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The first space-related fatalities occur when a rocket explodes at the Soviet Union’s Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan,