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Remembering the Challenger Disaster. On January 28, 1986, the tenth mission of the space shuttle Challenger ended in tragic disaster. We remember the seven astronauts who lost their lives that day, including Christa McAuliffe, who was chosen by NASA to pioneer its Teacher in Space program.
The first shuttle to explode during a mission was the space shuttle Challenger back in 1986. It exploded 73 seconds after launch, killing all 7 people aboard. Space Shuttle  â¦  Endeavour was built to replace Challenger.    The most recent shuttle disaster was in 2003 with space shuttle Columbia.he forces created caused the orbiter to disintegrate (it did not explode) before the debris crashed into the ocean.   Columbia   The Columbia Space Shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003.