On this day in history, January 28, 1986, space shuttle Challenger explodes, shocking the nation
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On this day in history, Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded after takeoff — killing all seven on board and shocking the nation. President Reagan addressed the nation that night.
The cause of the disaster was found to be the failure of the primary and secondary redundant O-ring seals in a joint in the shuttle's right solid rocket booster (SRB). "The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave." Brittany Kasko is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital.
While the mission on that fateful day in 1986 was supposed to be like any other routine mission, unusually cold temperatures caused the external tank to explode seconds into takeoff — causing the orbiter to disintegrate and the spacecraft to explode, according to NASA.
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