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Atlantic ocean off the coast of central Florida
The space shuttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On its final launch, it was torn apart 73 seconds later over the Atlantic Ocean.
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28,1986. It disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean killing all seven Crew members.
The Space Shuttle doesn't land in the ocean it lands on a runaway.
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean on January 28, 1986. All seven astronauts aboard the shuttle were killed.
The space shuttles stopped landing in the ocean in 1981. In response to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which occurred in 1986, all subsequent shuttle missions landed on the runway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The bodies of the seven crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger were recovered after the shuttle disintegrated in a tragic accident in 1986. The remains were found in the debris field in the Atlantic Ocean.
None crashed they broke apart and there were only two Space Shuttles that did so. Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart on take-off over the Atlantic Ocean in 1986 and Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart on re-entry over East Texas in 2003.
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida, United States, at 11:39 a.m. EST.
No, the space shuttle launch site was located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which is on the east coast of the United States. The shuttle typically launched eastward over the Atlantic Ocean to take advantage of the Earth's rotation for added velocity.
Space Shuttle Endeavour, the youngest shuttle in the fleet. It was transferred to the California Science Center.