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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

The Space Shuttle Challenger is launching on a cold January morning, with engineers in mission control monitoring systems and spectators watching in awe. The shuttle ascends into the sky, but unknown

Year 1986
Date 1/28
Location Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
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Key Figures

Flight Director Spectator Reporter

Causal neighbors · 1095 linked moments

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1986 · contemporaneous
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President Ronald Reagan's Challenger Address
1986 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (STS-51L)
1986 · contemporaneous
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Ronald Reagan's Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster
1986 · contemporaneous
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Ronald Reagan's Challenger Address
1986 · contemporaneous
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Ronald Reagan's Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster
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1986 · contemporaneous
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1986 · contemporaneous
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1986 · contemporaneous
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1986 · contemporaneous
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1986 · contemporaneous
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Ronald Reagan's Challenger Disaster Address
1986 · contemporaneous
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1986 · contemporaneous
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1986 · contemporaneous
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1986 · contemporaneous
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1986 · contemporaneous
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1986 · contemporaneous
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1986 · contemporaneous
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Ronald Reagan's Challenger Disaster Address
1986 · contemporaneous
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1986 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · contemporaneous
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STS-118 Launch with Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan
2007 · same location
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location
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Space Shuttle STS-26 Return to Flight Launch
1988 · same location
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STS-114 Return to Flight
2005 · same location
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Space Shuttle Discovery Return to Flight (STS-114)
2005 · same location