Challenger disaster: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: PBS - Reactions - Challenger: The Real Story of an Avoidable Disaster. | Sep 24, 2026 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Aug 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC News - Challenger: The disaster five people saw coming. | Jul 27, 2026 | ||
| Changed “crew had separated” to “crew cabin had separated.” | Jan 26, 2026 | ||
| Added top questions. | Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - 40th anniversary lessons from the NASA Challenger disaster. | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Shapell Manuscript Foundation - The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. | Nov 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - 34 years ago today, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart and killed everyone on board. | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - This Week In History: Challenger Disaster. | Jul 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - Reactions - Challenger: The Real Story of an Avoidable Disaster. | Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Challenger: The shuttle disaster that shook the world. | Nov 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: IEEE Spectrum - The Challenger Disaster: A Case of Subjective Engineering. | Mar 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Physical Society - January 28, 1986: The Challenger Explosion and its aftermath. | Dec 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA Science - Challenger STS-51L Accident - NASA. | Oct 16, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Aug 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Remembering the Challenger Seven. | Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Space.com - Space shuttle Challenger and the disaster that changed NASA forever. | Aug 21, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - The Space Shuttle Program and the Challenger Disaster. | Aug 14, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Dec 07, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - 5 Myths about the Challenger Shuttle Disaster debunked. | Oct 25, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Challenger Disaster. | Aug 16, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - The Challenger Space Tragedy. | Aug 16, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - The Crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L Mission. | Aug 16, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - The Challenger Accident. | Aug 16, 2011 | ||
| Added photographs. | Apr 01, 2011 | ||
| Added link to Britannica Classic article "The Year the Space Program Stopped" by Tony Reichhardt. | Jan 26, 2011 | ||
| Video of Challenger explosion added. | Sep 01, 2009 | ||
| New article added. | Jan 14, 2009 |
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