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Wikipedia pageA crew of 2 successfully orbit the Earth for 2 days in space shuttle Columbia.
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The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger (mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members
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Space Shuttle Atlantis completes its final flight and the final flight of the Space Shuttle program.