The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

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The shuttle had no escape system, so the crew remained trapped inside. Americans back on the surface watched in horror after witnessing what looked like an explosion, and as major chunks of the ...

On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing the seven crew members on board The space shuttle disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of ...