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41st year  -  N° 11                 Sunday, 11 January 2026         Antwerpen		
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Tuesday 28th of January 1986
40 years, 0 months and 16 days ago




49-year-old pilot Michael J. Smith, 36-year-old mission specialist Judith Resnik, 35-year-old mission specialist Ronald McNair, 39-year-old mission specialist Ellison Onizuka, 41-year-old payload specialist Gregory Jarvis, 37-year-old payload specialist and teacher Christa MacAuliffe and 46-year-old commander Francis R. Scobee are killed in the explosion of their Challenger OV-99 spacecraft, just 73 seconds after take-off in off coast, Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster