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The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean on January 28, 1986. All seven astronauts aboard the shuttle were killed.
The space shuttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On its final launch, it was torn apart 73 seconds later over the Atlantic Ocean.
The space shuttle has never landed in the ocean. The Apollo capsule used to land in the ocean. The last Apollo flight was in 1972. The first space shuttle flight was in 1981.
Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean off the coat of Florida, not far downrange from the Kennedy Space Center where it had launched only 73 seconds earlier
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Atlantic ocean off the coast of central Florida
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean on January 28, 1986. All seven astronauts aboard the shuttle were killed.
The space shuttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On its final launch, it was torn apart 73 seconds later over the Atlantic Ocean.
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28,1986. It disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean killing all seven Crew members.
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The Space Shuttle doesn't land in the ocean it lands on a runaway.
Signals bounce off towers and satellites in space.
The space shuttle has never landed in the ocean. The Apollo capsule used to land in the ocean. The last Apollo flight was in 1972. The first space shuttle flight was in 1981.
Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean off the coat of Florida, not far downrange from the Kennedy Space Center where it had launched only 73 seconds earlier
None crashed they broke apart and there were only two Space Shuttles that did so. Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart on take-off over the Atlantic Ocean in 1986 and Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart on re-entry over East Texas in 2003.
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida, United States, at 11:39 a.m. EST.