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220: The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: Did NASA Knowingly Put Astronauts In Harm's Way?

October 12, 2022

On the morning of January 28th, 1986, seven brave NASA astronauts boarded the space shuttle Challenger, eager to carry out mission STS-51-L. But tragically, 73 seconds after the shuttle launched, an O-ring failure caused a catastrophic explosion that resu