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ANALYSIS: Bangor Challenger crash highlights importance of bizav winter operations

Veteran pilot and aviation safety expert Kipp Lau gives a minute-by-minute account of deicing & failed takeoff that resulted ...
WCTV

‘All of those folks were superhuman beings’: Challenger crew honored in Tallahassee forty years later

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Forty years ago, the world came to a standstill. The Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off from Florida’s coast and just moments later exploded, stunning the nation and ...
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40 years after Challenger: How the deadly disaster changed space flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Wednesday marks 40 years since the NASA space shuttle Challenger broke apart after lifting off, killing all seven people on board off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Morningstar

Challenger Center Launches 40th Anniversary, Honoring the Challenger Crew and Inspiring the Next Generation of Explorers

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As the nation approaches the 40th anniversary of the loss of the Challenger STS-51L crew on January 28, 1986, Challenger Center announces the launch of its ...
NBC Connecticut

Commander of First Flight of Space Shuttle Challenger Dies

Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early 1970s, has died. He was 85. Weitz died at his retirement ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

‘Final Flight': Challenger Center to mark tragedy 40 years later

The Challenger Learning Center is honoring the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle tragedy with several events. The center is launching a legacy campaign to upgrade facilities and create new ...