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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.

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Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

Space shuttle Challenger explosion remembered, 40 years later

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

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all 7 crew members.

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

NASA and families of fallen astronauts mark 40th anniversary of space shuttle Challenger accident

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.

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Space shuttle Challenger remembered 40 years after explosion

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