Space Shuttle Iceclcle

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.

· 2d · on MSN

It's been 40 years since 7 people were killed in the Challenger space shuttle explosion

· 2d

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

· 2d

Challenger disaster 40 years later

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

WWNO · 2d

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

· 2d

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

· 2d

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.

· 2d

Space shuttle Challenger remembered 40 years after explosion

· 2d

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

Space.com

40 years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, spaceflight remains far from routine

Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff while carrying seven people, including "Teacher in Space" participant Christa McAuliffe. Nobody survived the launch on Jan. 28, 1986 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, and the event left a permanent mark upon the agency, its contractors and the nation.

2don MSN

What happened to Challenger? Remembering deadly disaster 40 years later

Seven American spacefarers were killed in a tragic event 40 years ago today that has become widely known as the Challenger disaster.

40 years ago, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster changed Central Floridians’ lives

It’s been 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was a day the nation slowly realized something had terribly gone wrong.