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Space Shuttle Challenger

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RE: Challenger

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Today is the 24th Anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion

The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when The NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch into its 10th mission on Jan 28, 1986. All seven astronauts lost their lives.
The crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger were:

Michael John Smith, pilot
Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first teacher in space
Judith Resnik, the first Jewish American astronaut
Dick Scobee, spacecraft commander
Ronald McNair, a Phd. physicist who would have recorded the first saxophone solo in space
Ellison Onizuka, the first Asian American in space
Gregory Jarvis, engineer and payload specialist

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A gran stumbled on her grandson's old school space project... and found it was worth £10,000.
Mark Davies, now 33, was just 12 when he did the homework task. He wrote to NASA for help and they sent him more than 40 photos signed by astronauts.
They included members of the crew of the ill-fated Challenger, who died when it exploded in 1986.
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Office worker Mark forget all about them until gran Dorothy, 86, launched an attic clear-out.
Now he has been told the collection could be worth a small fortune.
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Twenty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger blew apart into jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and onlookers who came to watch the historic launch of the first teacher in space.