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28 January 1986

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Caledonian

This was the date of the infamous Challenger disaster, when NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded several seconds into launch. All of the astronauts aboard died instantly. Challenger was the first reusable shuttle, and was carrying the first civilian ever to go into space.


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28 January 1986

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