633K views · 3K reactions | FROM THE ARCHIVES: Today marks 33 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all seven crew members on board. “It happened just over one minute into flight,” NBC’s Dan Molina reported that day on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. “From mission control: silence.” | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas | Facebook

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35 YEARS LATER: On this day in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board. The Challenger broke apart at 11:39 a.m., falling into the Atlantic Ocean. Investigators would later discover the disaster was caused by the failure of an “O ring” seal in one of the two solid-fuel rockets. As a result of the horrific accident, NASA did not send astronauts into space for more than two years as it redesigned a number of space shuttle features for improv

On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing the seven crewmembers on board. Discover more space history 👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/zgs37G The space shuttle disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of Cape Canaveral in Florida. NASA later determined that two rubber O-rings, which were designed to separate the sections of the rocket booster, had failed due to cold temperatures on the morning of the launch. The disaster resulted

236K views · 1.3K reactions | Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after launch. Today we remember seven crew members whose lives were taken during the disaster. | WESH 2 News | Facebook

132M views · 2.3M reactions | 35 YEARS LATER: On this day in 1986,...