space shuttle
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Almost 40 years after the space shuttle Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, there are still competing theories to account for how such a catastrophe could happen.
It was made to carry the Buran, the orbiter in the short-lived Soviet space shuttle program.
From New York Times
Presidential blue-ribbon panels bulwarked the Social Security program in 1983 and overhauled NASA’s space shuttle program after the 1986 Challenger disaster.
From Scientific American
His first front-page story for The Times in 1986 was about the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle, which killed all seven crew members.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike the space shuttle, Starliner has an escape system that can propel the crew away from its rocket if an emergency occurs during launch.
From BBC
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