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Published: 16.08.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'The Challenger Explosion', 1.
Extract

It was a cold day in Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 28, 1986. The launch of the space shuttle Challenger was to be made that day, one that would go down in history. It did, unfortunately for all the wrong reasons.
The space shuttle Challenger launched that day at 11:38 a.m., and everything seemed to be going smoothly. That is, until seventy-three seconds after launch, 1,977 miles per hour, ten miles up, and eight miles downrange, the Challenger exploded, killing all seven crew members. …

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