When the shuttle Challenger exploded on lift-off, it killed Christa McAuliffe, the civilian school teacher and astronaut Judith Resnik.
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The Challenger Explosion was caused by an external tank explosion. The space shuttle broke apart due to gasses mixing in the external fuel tank. The shuttle exploded and the space shuttle was torn apart.
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It was not Discovery that exploded, it was Challenger.
The explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger during take off.
Space shuttle Challenger's explosion
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it was grounded
Ronald Reagan leads the nation in mourning for the seven astronauts killed in the space shuttle Challenger explosion, Washington D.C., January 28, 1986.
The remaining pieces after the explosion are at the Kennedy space center.
The Challenger Explosion was caused by an external tank explosion. The space shuttle broke apart due to gasses mixing in the external fuel tank. The shuttle exploded and the space shuttle was torn apart.
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1986, the same year as the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion.
It was not Discovery that exploded, it was Challenger.
The explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger during take off.
Sally Ride was important because she was not only the First American woman in space, she also helped with the investigation of the "Challenger" space shuttle explosion. Sally is a very smart woman and she made the history books by doing she was good at and enjoyed!
Kalpana Chawla was killed when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on February 1 2003.