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Film crew stumbles upon piece of Challenger 36 years after tragedy, NASA says

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November 10, 2022 at 10:00 p.m. EST
The space shuttle Challenger hangs at a NASA building in 1985. (Phil Sandlin/AP)
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A History Channel documentary crew has discovered a piece of the space shuttle Challenger — which broke apart after takeoff in 1986 — on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, NASA announced Thursday.

It marks the first discovery of Challenger debris in more than 25 years, according to the History Channel, which will air footage of the find when it premieres a series about the Bermuda Triangle on Nov. 22.