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Space Shuttle Challenger explodes

NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded 40 years ago today, killing its 7-person crew. Photos reveal Challenger's legacy.

NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts.

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Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

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40 years ago, shuttle Challenger exploded over Florida in deadly tragedy

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Challenger disaster 40 years later

The diverse 7-member crew included a teacher who was going to teach lessons from space.

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40 years since Challenger explosion: What did NASA learn from the disaster?

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Akron native, astronauts honored on 40th anniversary of Challenger explosion

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Challenger disaster: Lessons in safety and vigilance 40 years later

According to Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who served on the Rogers Commission — the commission that investigated the tragic event — the accident didn’t have to happen.

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Space shuttle Challenger remembered 40 years after explosion

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Challenger disaster at 40: How a shuttle explosion changed NASA forever

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Space auction: Sally Ride memorabilia collection sells for $145,000

A set of memorabilia chronicling Sally Ride's pioneering path to space just fetched a pretty penny at auction. In June 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to reach the final frontier, on the STS-7 mission of the space shuttle Challenger.

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That fateful launch: NASA’s Challenger tragedy and its aftermath

A nation watched in horror as the space shutter Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, during a live television broadcast. Reality: No it didn’t, and no it didn’t. Challenger was the second shuttle to go into space,

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40 Years Later: How The Tragedy of Challenger/STS-51-L Changed NASA Forever

For the millions of people across the country and around the world that watched the tragic loss of Challenger live, the memory is still lives on.

Astronaut Had a Close Call Before His Friends Died in the Challenger Explosion. What He Remembers (Exclusive)

Just one day before the Challenger space shuttle exploded over a minute after lift off on Jan. 28, 1986, Terry Hart received phone calls from NASA astronauts Dick Scobee and Mike Smith, who did not survive the disaster.

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Name Tag, Space Shuttle Astronaut (Sally K. Ride)

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This black leather name tag with silver embossed lettering belonged to Dr. Sally K.