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disintegrated in the late morning of January 28, 1986 — just over a minute after liftoff — with the vehicle breaking apart at approximately 11:39 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (16:39:13 UTC) according to...
—Francis “Dick” Scobee, , , , , and —perished in the January 28, 1986 accident and are memorialized in museums, plaques, local monuments and educational programs that carry their names . —, William “W...
The occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crewmembers and shocking the nation that had watched the launch live . Subsequen...