Spaceflight Now: Challenger
Challenger's ill-fated voyage

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Posted: January 28, 2001

Space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on January 28, 1986 at 11:38 a.m. EST. Some 73 seconds into flight, the shuttle explodes into a massive fireball in the sky. This movie captures the entire sequence as seen live on NASA Select TV. Source video: NASA (2.0MB, 2min05sec QuickTime file).

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