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<h2 style="margin:0; background:#3B7883; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Space Shuttle Challenger</h2> | <h2 style="margin:0; background:#3B7883; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Space Shuttle Challenger</h2> | ||
[[Image:Challenger_launch.jpg|200px | [[Image:Challenger_launch.jpg|200px|left|Challenger Launch]] | ||
'''Challenger''' joined NASA fleet of reusable winged spaceships in July 1982. It flew nine successful Space Shuttle missions. On January 28, 1986, the Challenger and its seven-member crew were lost 73 seconds after launch when a booster failure resulted in the breakup of the vehicle. | '''Challenger''' joined NASA fleet of reusable winged spaceships in July 1982. It flew nine successful Space Shuttle missions. On January 28, 1986, the Challenger and its seven-member crew were lost 73 seconds after launch when a booster failure resulted in the breakup of the vehicle. | ||
[[Image:Challenger_launch.jpg| | [[Image:Challenger_launch.jpg|400px|left|Shuttle Landing: Credit - NASA]] | ||
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[[Image:Shuttle-crew.jpg| | [[Image:Shuttle-crew.jpg|400px|thumb|left|The Crew]] | ||
[[Image:|left]]*"The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God.'" | [[Image:|left]]*"The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God.'" | ||
''President Ronald Reagan – January 28, 1986'' | ''President Ronald Reagan – January 28, 1986'' | ||
<h2 style="margin:0; background:#3B7883; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">USS Challenger NCC - 12886</h2> | <h2 style="margin:0; background:#3B7883; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">USS Challenger NCC - 12886</h2> | ||