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 Posted: Sat Jan 28th, 2006 03:27 pm
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Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes (1986)Seventy-three seconds into its tenth launch and with seven crewmembers on board, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. The tragedy occurred due to the failure of rubber seals in the booster engines called "O rings."