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Remembering Challenger 20 years later

Twenty years ago, space shuttle Challenger blew apart into jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and onlookers who came to watch the historic launch of the first teacher in space. • FULL STORY

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• Tragedies influence future space vision

• 7 myths about the Challenger disaster

• How the disaster unfolded

• NASA pauses to honor fallen astronauts

• Challenger anniversary prompts reflection

• Astronaut-teacher's legacy celebrated

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• Shuttle history
Details of all 114 missions of the U.S. space shuttle fleet

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• Highs and lows
45 years of achievements and tragedies in America's human spaceflight effort.

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• Greatest hits of the cosmos

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• NASA's glory days
Space timeline of the 1960s and 1970s

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• Space bloopers
Test your knowledge of the space effort's trivial troubles.

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