35 YEARS LATER: On this day in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board. The Challenger broke apart at 11:39 a.m., falling into the Atlantic Ocean. Investigators would later discover the disaster was caused by the failure of an “O ring” seal in one of the two solid-fuel rockets. As a result of the horrific accident, NASA did not send astronauts into space for more than two years as it redesigned a number of space shuttle features for improv

A rocket developed by a Japanese start-up crashed moments after liftoff and burst into flames https://cnn.it/2z5gMbK | CNN

Watch as SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded above the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, minutes after lifting off from a launchpad in Texas. Before the launch, the founder Elon Musk said it might take several tries before Starship succeeds at this test flight. https://nyti.ms/3KNIThk | The New York Times