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First Space Shuttle to be lost
Challenger was the first shuttle to be destroyed on January 28, 1986 during launch. Orbiter vehicle Space Shuttle Challenger was the second orbiter to join NASA's Space Shuttle fleet, with official designation, Orbiter Vehicle 099 (OV-099). Challenger was named after the British Naval research vessel HMS Challenger that sailed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans during the 1870's, forever changing the course of scientific history and laying the foundation of the science of oceanography.
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