Ranker (Video) Shocking Facts About the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Posted: January 2, 2025 | Last updated: January 4, 2025 Every American who lived through the '80s remembers the Challenger ...

Endeavour, the fifth and final space shuttle was created after the space shuttle program's greatest tragedy. Congress authorized NASA to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was lost ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

Students gathered around model space shuttles. Teachers switched on TVs to show the often-delayed countdown. Then, in a blistering white flash, a science lesson tragically exploded into a human lesson ...