Transcription: Challenger was added to NASA's Space Shuttle transportation fleet in 1983. The orbiter was named after a Navy ship that explored the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in the 1870s. Challenger performed well on its maiden voyage in April 1983 and flew in nine subsequent missions until it was destroyed on January 28, 1986. Seventy-three seconds into that ill-fated launch, a gas leak from a solid rocket motor field joint caused the external propellant tank to explode. The crew of seven perished when their cabin fell into the Atlantic Ocean. Following the tragic destruction of Challenger, the remaining ...
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