January 28, 1986
Its maiden flight was on April 4, 1983. Challenger exploded during launch on its tenth mission to space, on January 26, 1986.
The Challenger Space Shuttle was invented and put together by a team of designers and experts from NASA. The Challenger disaster happened on January 28, 1986.
The first shuttle launched after the Challenger disaster was the Discovery shuttle, which returned to space on September 29, 1988. Discovery's mission, STS-26, was considered a success and marked the resumption of shuttle flights after a 32-month hiatus.
The Challenger space shuttle was first launched on April 4, 1983.
The name of the first space shuttle to ever launch was "Columbia." It launched on April 12, 1981.
The second space shuttle was named "Challenger." It followed the first space shuttle, Columbia, in NASA's fleet of reusable spacecraft. Challenger tragically disintegrated shortly after launch in 1986.
Although the space shuttle Enterprise was the first shuttle built and test flown, it never had a space flight. The first shuttle to be launched into space was the Columbia, it was first launched on 12 April 1981. Columbia was the first spaceworthy shuttle in NASA's fleet.
The Challenger first launched on April 4, 1983, and completed 9 missions before breaking apart 73 seconds after the launch of its 10th mission on January 28, 1986, killing all 7 astronauts on board.
Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when she launched aboard the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. She was not the pilot on this mission, but she went on to become the first woman to fly the space shuttle in 1984.
Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on mission STS-1
Sally Ride's first mission was STS-7, which was launched on June 18, 1983. She became the first American woman to fly in space as a crew member on the Space Shuttle Challenger.
The first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched on April 12, 1981.