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  1. Challenger’s Wreckage: Why NASA Sealed It in Missile Silos

    Mission: 1986Published: 1 Nov 2026

    After Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986, its recovered pieces were stored in two former Minuteman missile silos at Cape Canaveral, sealed in 1987 with 10-ton…

    View mission: Challenger STS-51-L (1986)
    Outcome
    Failure

  2. Hubble Space Telescope: Launch, Mirror Flaw and Servicing Fixes

    Published: 16 Apr 2020

    A NASA Goddard documentary on the Hubble Space Telescope, from its shuttle launch and troubled deployment to the mirror flaw and the servicing missions that followed.

    View mission: Hubble Space Telescope
    Outcome
    Success