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(Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099)
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*space shuttle challenger was the 2nd orbiter of NASA’s ‘space shuttle program’ to be put into service following “columbia”*
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(the shuttle was built by Rockwell International’s “Space Transportation Systems Division” in Downey, California)
(its maiden flight, “STS-6”, started on “4 April 1983”)
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*5 OCTOBER 1984*
(‘Marc Garneau’ becomes the first ‘canadian’ in space, aboard the Space Shuttle “Challenger”)
(it launched and landed nine times before breaking apart 73 seconds into its tenth mission, STS-51-L, on 28 january 1986, resulting in the death of all 7 crew members, including a civilian school teacher)
(it was the first of two shuttles to be destroyed in flight, the other being Columbia in 2003)
(the accident led to a two-and-a-half year grounding of the shuttle fleet; flights resumed in 1988 with STS-26 flown by “Discovery”)
(“Challenger” itself was replaced by Endeavour which was built using structural spares ordered by NASA as part of the construction contracts for Discovery and “Atlantis”)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈 ☜ *“COLUMBIA”*
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*“DISCOVERY”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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👈👈👈☜*“SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITERS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥