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This Happened—January 28: Challenger Disaster

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Post date January 28, 2024

Updated Jan. 28, 2024 at 12:00 pm As it was being watched live by millions, the Challenger space shuttle suddenly exploded 73 seconds after launch, killing everyone aboard. It happened on this day in 1986. What was the Challenger mission? The crew had the mission of deploying a communications satellite and studying Halley’s Comet while […]

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Future Ideas

Rosetta, A Return To Europe’s ‘Cathedral’ Spirit

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Post date November 14, 2014

Mission accomplished for the Rosetta team ESA

A 6.6-billion-kilometer space mission flew with the spirit of Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral and some of the old continent’s other great achievements of vision and steadfastness.

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Geopolitics

Attacks Target Egypt, FIFA Absolves Itself, S. Korea Goes Quiet

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Post date November 13, 2013

Two window washers were left dangling for almost two hours from the 69th floor of One World Trade Center Wednesday afternoon.

Thursday, November 13, 2014 SERIES OF ATTACKS TARGET EGYPT A series of apparently unrelated attacks has targeted Egypt, the most significant and unusual being one on an Egyptian navy ship yesterday in the Mediterranean Sea, which left five servicemen injured and eight more missing at sea. Four of the gunmen were killed and 32 arrested. […]

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