Space Shuttle Challenger was a Space Shuttle orbiter built by Rockwell International and operated by NASA, named after HMS Challenger, a nineteenth-century research vessel. It was the second orbiter to fly, launching in April 1983, and completed ten missions over three years of operation before being destroyed in January 1986 soon after launch, killing all seven crew members aboard.
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- Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing the seven-member crew of STS-51-L
Space Shuttle Challenger article, lead section
It was destroyed in January 1986 soon after launch in a disaster that killed all seven crewmembers aboard.
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- In Group: NASA Space Shuttle Orbiters, lead sentence: a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA
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However, after NASA found that their original plan to upgrade Enterprise for spaceflight would be more expensive than upgrading Challenger, the orbiter was pressed into operational service in the Space Shuttle program.
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Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.
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