Space Shuttle Challenger
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| Launch date | April 4, 1983, 9:30 PM GMT+3 |
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| Max speed | 28,970 km/h |
| Cost | 196 billion USD (2011) |
| Manufacturers | Rockwell International |
| No. of missions | 10 |
| Did you know | Challenger was named after HMS Challenger, a British corvette that was the command ship for the Challenger Expedition, a pioneering global marine research expedition undertaken from 1872 through 1876. |
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| ID | 1066567 |
About Space Shuttle Challenger
Space Shuttle Challenger was the second orbiter of NASA's space shuttle program to be put into service, after Columbia. Challenger was built by Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division, in Downey, California. Its maiden flight, STS-6, began on April 4, 1983.
