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It was on this day (Jan. 28) in 1986 that stunned viewers across the world saw the Challenger space shuttle explode on television. The broadcast (you can see CNN’s above) was being carried all over the place because the crew included the first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe. The planned six-day mission, however, lasted just over a minute before catastrophe occurred.
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Read the rest of ‘Obviously A Major Malfunction’: Today Is Anniversary of Challenger’s Explosion (358 words)
© Elizabeth Howell for Universe Today, 2014. |
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