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World Service,25 Jan 2012,10 mins

The Challenger disaster

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In January 1986 a space shuttle launch went horribly wrong. Six astronauts and a teacher were killed. Barbara Morgan was another teacher who had trained alongside the Challenger team. Photo: Christa McAuliffe and Barbara Morgan in training. Credit: NASA

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