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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

The Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on a cold January morning, carrying seven crew members, including Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher in space. Moments after launch,

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

NASA Engineer NASA Official Teacher Reporter Family Member
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 973 linked moments

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Ronald Reagan's Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster
1986 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · same era
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · follows
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · same location
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Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same location
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Space Shuttle Discovery Return to Flight (STS-114)
2005 · same location
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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
2003 · same figure
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Rogers Commission Report Release
1986 · same era
R
Rogers Commission Report Release
1986 · follows
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · same era
S
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · follows
S
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · same location
A
Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same location
A
Apollo 6 Launch
1968 · same location
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (STS-51L)
1986 · contemporaneous
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First Space Shuttle Launch (STS-1)
1981 · same era
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First Space Shuttle Launch (STS-1)
1981 · precedes
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First Space Shuttle Launch (STS-1)
1981 · same location
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Ronald Reagan's Challenger Address
1986 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight Launch
1988 · same era
S
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight Launch
1988 · follows
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight Launch
1988 · same location
R
Release of the Rogers Commission Report
1986 · same era
R
Release of the Rogers Commission Report
1986 · follows
R
Release of the Rogers Commission Report
1986 · same era
R
Release of the Rogers Commission Report
1986 · follows
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IBM PC Launch
1981 · same era
I
IBM PC Launch
1981 · precedes
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Tandy TRS-80 Model I Launch
1977 · same era
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Tandy TRS-80 Model I Launch
1977 · precedes
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Columbia Launch (STS-107)
2003 · same location
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location