Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
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The three siblings of the late space shuttle Challenger pilot Capt. Michael J. Smith quietly joined Wednesday to lay flowers at a memorial in his honor on the
The Challenger explosion was an awakening for people in the 1980s. It shook confidence in received narratives of safety.
NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts.
A June 18 testing explosion laid bare concerns about minimal regulatory oversight of Elon Musk's commercial space business in Starbase.