Space Shuttle Challenger

Date: 4 Apr 1983 to 28 Jan 1986
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Space Shuttle Challenger (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was the second orbiter of NASA's space shuttle program to be put into service following Columbia. The shuttle was built by Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division in Downey, California. Its maiden flight, STS-6, started on April 4, 1983. It launched and landed nine times before breaking apart 73 seconds into its tenth mission, STS-51-L, on January 28, 1986, resulting in the death of all seven crew members, including a civilian school teacher.

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Mission	Launch	Land	Cmdr	Pilot	Crew Up	Crew Dn
STS-6	1983-04-04	1983-04-09	Weitz	Bobko	Musgrave, Peterson
STS-7	1983-06-18	1983-06-24	Crippen	Hauck	Fabian, Ride, Thagard
STS-8	1983-08-30	1983-09-05	Truly	Brandenstein	Bluford, D Gardner, Thornton
STS-41-B	1984-02-03	1984-02-11	Brand	Gibson	McCandless, Stewart, McNair
STS-41-C	1984-04-06	1984-04-13	Crippen	Scobee	Hart, van Hoften, Nelson
STS-41-G	1984-10-05	1984-10-13	Crippen	McBride	Sullivan, Ride, Leestma, Scully-Power, Garneau
STS-51-B	1985-04-29	1985-05-06	Overmyer	Gregory	Lind, Thagard, Thornton, van den Berg, Wang
STS-51-F	1985-07-29	1985-08-06	Fullerton	Bridges	Henize, Musgrave, England, Acton, Bartoe
STS-61-A	1985-10-30	1985-11-06	Hartsfield	Nagel	Dunbar, Buchli, Bluford, Furrer, Messerschmid, Ockels
STS-51-L	1986-01-28	exploded	Scobee	Smith	Onizuka, Resnik, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe

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See also:

• Wikipedia: Space Shuttle Challenger
• Wikidata: Item Q54382, en:Wikipedia