No shuttles have blown up in space. The Challenger disintegrated after launch on Jan 28, 1986 and the Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on Feb 1, 2003. Both were in the earth's atmosphere when they disintegrated.
Challenger - Blew up from a faulty O-Ring on the main Fuel tank/Rocket. Columbia - Burned up on re-entry Atlantis Discovery Endeavour
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3 space shuttles have crashed so far
Currently NASA have three space shuttles Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
No shuttles have blown up in space. The Challenger disintegrated after launch on Jan 28, 1986 and the Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on Feb 1, 2003. Both were in the earth's atmosphere when they disintegrated.
Challenger - Blew up from a faulty O-Ring on the main Fuel tank/Rocket. Columbia - Burned up on re-entry Atlantis Discovery Endeavour
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3 space shuttles have crashed so far
Currently NASA have three space shuttles Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
No new space shuttles are being built at this time.
Two space shuttles exploded; one upon take off and one on re-entry. The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, 1 minute 13 seconds after take-off killing all seven members on board. The Space Shuttle Columbia exploded on re-entry in 2003 also killing all seven members on board.
4 Space Shuttles existed in 2011. Including the test vehicle, Space Shuttle Enterprise. Space Shuttles that actually went into space? 3. Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
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There were six NASA Space Shuttles.
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