30th Anniversary: Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster

Thirty years ago this morning (1986 January 28), the NASA Space Shuttle Challenger (Mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds after the 11:38 a.m. EST launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seven astronauts perished following the spacecraft's break-up and fall into the ocean. This was the second of three major tragedies where NASA astronauts died during, or in preparation for, a space mission.

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