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Space Shuttle Challenger

On a cold winter day in 1986, space shuttle Challenger takes off from Cape Canaveral to start Mission 51-L. 73 seconds later, Challenger's boosters explode and send it into the ocean in pieces. What happened? Was a fault to blame? Or was there ice on the shuttle?

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  • Originally Aired January 31, 2007
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network National Geographic
  • Created April 27, 2017 by
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  • Modified July 17, 2023 by
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