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Summary
Describes the events surrounding the explosion of the Challenger shuttle in 1986, the investigation of this disaster, and the seven astronauts who died. Full description
Series: American disasters
The Exxon Valdez: tragic oil spill
Hurricane Andrew: nature's rage
The Oklahoma City bombing: terror in the heartland
Plains outbreak tornadoes: killer twisters
San Francisco earthquake, 1989: death and destruction
The World Trade Center bombing: terror in the towers
The Challenger disaster: tragic space flight
Fire in Oakland, California: billion-dollar blaze
The L.A. riots: rage in the City of Angels
The mighty Midwest flood: raging rivers
The siege at Waco: deadly inferno
TWA flight 800: explosion in midair
Mount St. Helens Volcano: violent eruption
Attack on America: the day the Twin Towers collapsed
The Hindenburg disaster: doomed airship
Three Mile Island: nuclear disaster
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: flames of labor reform
Blackout!: cities in darkness
Johnstown flood: the day the dam burst
The stock market crash of 1929: dawn of the Great Depression