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  1. Photo: NASA / Public domain (US government work)

    Challenger STS-51-L

    Seven crew, the Rogers Commission and a joint seal

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    Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff on 28 January 1986, ending mission STS-51-L and the lives of all seven crew: Dick Scobee, Michael Smith, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe. The Rogers Commission found that a seal in the aft field joint of the right solid rocket booster had failed.

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  2. Photo: NASA Hubble Space Telescope / Public domain (US government work)

    Hubble Space Telescope

    The telescope that was fixed in orbit

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    The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on the shuttle Discovery on 24 April 1990 and found to have a flawed main mirror within weeks. Astronauts repaired it in orbit in 1993, and over four more servicing missions turned it into one of the most productive observatories in the history of astronomy.

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