Space Travel and Exploration
Challenger and Columbia Disasters
How did the Challenger Center get its name?
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05/04/2008
The Challenger Center was named and established to memorialize the seven astronauts of the STS-51L space shuttle mission who were killed during launch in January 1986. The families wanted to make the deaths of their loved ones meaningful and spearheaded the establishment.
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