The Challenge and the Columbia.
No space shuttles have exploded in space. Challenger disintegrated during launch and Columbia during the re-entry process. Neither were in space at the time. challenger and Columbia +++ The Challenger shuttle itself did not explode. The explosion was of the massive booster rockets lifting it into Space, after a seal failed on one, allowing fuel to leak and ignite. The shuttle remained fairly intact although very badly damaged, and I believe was subsequently recovered from the sea-bed.
The Columbia and the Challenger
The two space shuttles that exploded were the Challenger in 1986 and the Columbia in 2003. Both tragedies resulted in the loss of all crew members on board.
There have been two space shuttles that exploded during launch: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
Two space shuttles have exploded during missions. Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff in 1986, and Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in 2003.
Challenger and Columbia both failed, killing all on board.
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.
Two of the space shuttles that exploded were the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986 and the Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003. Both tragedies resulted in the loss of crew members and led to investigations and reforms in the space shuttle program.
The two space shuttles that tragically exploded were the Challenger in 1986 and the Columbia in 2003. Both disasters resulted in the loss of the entire crew on board.
No. One exploded and two are out of use. I helped. There. I feel good.
Only one space shuttle exploded during takeoff. That shuttle was the Challenger, which exploded on January 28, 1986. The only other space shuttle to be destroyed was the Columbia, which disintegrated on reentry on February 1, 2003.
The two shuttles in the movie Armageddon (1998) are called the Freedom and the Independence.