Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger knows it was a national tragedy. But dig a little deeper, and it's even more heartbreaking.

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28, 1986, when the Challenger space shuttle exploded shortly after takeoff ... Challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff because of a mechanical malfunction. The disaster occurred live on ...

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McAuliffe was 37 when she was killed, one of the seven crew members aboard the Challenger when the space shuttle broke apart on live TV on Jan. 28, 1986.

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