rapid that the crew did not realize their coming fate. (Gray 35) Perhaps we can all take comfort in the fact that their last vision was that of the stars. Now, many people haven't heard exactly what went wrong to cause such an explosion. (Dumoulin, 1-2) The Challenger finally launched after five days of delays. On January 28, 1986, the morning of the launch, there was ice at Kennedy Space Center. After an inspection crew gave the go-ahead, the launch was underway. Just after liftoff at .678 seconds…
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