challenger

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Challenger may refer to:

In transportation

Land vehicles

• Challenger (train), a named passenger train fleet
• One of several British Army tanks:
  • Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger, in service during World War II
  • Challenger 1 tank, in service from the late 1980s to early 21st century
  • Challenger 2 tank, in service from 1998
• Dodge Challenger, a car made by Dodge
• Mitsubishi Challenger, an SUV sold in export markets as the Pajero Sport/Montero Sport
• Union Pacific Challenger, a type of steam locomotive
• Challenger Tractor, rubber tracked ag tractors

Sea vessels

• HMS Challenger, any of eight Royal Navy ships
• Challenger (clipper), a clipper sailing ship
• Stena Challenger, a ferry, formerly Isle of Inishfree and Pride of Cherbourg, now the MV Kaitaki

Air and space craft

• Canadair Challenger, a series of business jets manufactured by Bombardier
• Space Shuttle Challenger, which broke up shortly after liftoff of its tenth mission, in 1986
• Quad City Challenger, an ultralight airplane
• Challenger, the Apollo 17 lunar module

Places

• Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the world's oceans
• Challenger Plateau, a submarine rise in the Tasman Sea close to the New Zealand coast
• Challenger Mountains, a subrange of the Arctic Cordillera in Nunavut, Canada
• Challengers, Saint Kitts and Nevis

In entertainment

• Challenger (comics), a Marvel Comics Golden Age superhero
• Challenger (video game), developed by Hudson Soft
• Challenger (game show), a 1997 Australian game show
• Professor Challenger, a fictional scientist and adventurer created by Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Challengers (CBC TV film)
• The Challengers (band), a 1960s surf rock group
• The Challengers (game show), a 1990 American game show hosted by Dick Clark
• Challengers (manga), the shōnen-ai manga by Hinako Takanaga
• Challengers (album), an album by The New Pornographers
• Challenger (1990 film), an film about the space shuttle Challenger disaster
• Challenger (Star Trek), a Star Trek: New Earth novel

Other uses

• Challenger (eagle), an American Bald Eagle known for free flights
• Challenger Equipment, AGCO Corporation's division of agricultural machinery
• Challenger expedition, a British oceanographic survey in 1872-1876
• ATP Challenger Series, a series of professional tennis tournaments
• Challenger School, a private school in the western United States
• Challenger Secondary School in Spanaway, WA for the Bethel School District

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