Space Shuttle Challenger: Timeline

1984   Aboard the Space Shuttle ''Challenger Space Shuttle Challenger

Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA's second Space Shuttle [i] orbiter to be put into service, after ... 

'', astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.

1986   Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' Space Shuttle Challenger

Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA's second Space Shuttle [i] orbiter to be put into service, after ... 

 disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing its crew of 6 astronauts and schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe Christa McAuliffe

Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Opal, better known simply as Christa McAuliffe, and prior to her... 

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1988   NASA NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the United States Government [i], res ... 

 resumes space shuttle Space Shuttle

NASA [i]'s Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System , is the United States [i] ... 

 flights, grounded after the Challenger Space Shuttle Challenger

Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA's second Space Shuttle [i] orbiter to be put into service, after ... 

 disaster.