Nereus spent over 10 hours at the bottom of the Challenger Deep and measured a depth of at, while sending live video and data back to its mothership RV Kilo Moana at the surface and collecting geological and biological samples from the Challenger Deep bottom with its manipulator arm for further scientific analysis.

In 1984, Discovery became the third operational orbiter following Columbia and Challenger, and made its final touchdown at Kennedy Space Center on March 9, 2011 at 10: 57: 17 CST, having spent a cumulative total of one full year ( 365 days ) in space.

Challenger returned to Spithead, Hampshire, on 24 May 1876, having spent 713 days at sea out of the intervening 1, 606.

The LDEF satellite deployed by STS-41-C Challenger and retrieved by STS-32 Columbia spent 68 months in orbit.

He spent his first few years as a pro playing in the Challenger and Futures circuits.

He spent five years as a sailor, during which time he was attached to various ships on the Australia Station, including HMS Challenger and HMS Pioneer.

After its first flight in April 1983, Challenger quickly became the workhorse of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet, flying far more missions per year than Columbia.

Even when the orbiters Discovery and Atlantis joined the fleet, Challenger remained in heavy use with three missions a year from 1983 to 1985.

Endeavour ( OV-105 ) was built to replace Challenger ( using structural spare parts originally intended for the other orbiters ) and delivered in May 1991 ; it was first launched a year later.

Wallace Beery's notable silent films include Arthur Conan Doyle's dinosaur epic The Lost World ( 1925 ; as Professor Challenger ), Robin Hood with Douglas Fairbanks ( Beery played King Richard the Lionheart in this film and a sequel the following year called Richard the Lion-Hearted ), Last of the Mohicans ( 1920 ), The Round-Up ( 1920 ; with Roscoe Arbuckle ), Old Ironsides ( 1926 ), Now We're in the Air ( 1927 ), The Usual Way ( 1913 ), Casey at the Bat ( 1927 ), and Beggars of Life ( 1928 ) with Louise Brooks.

He was in line to make a record seventh flight on STS-61-J to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope in 1986, but the Challenger disaster earlier that year had delayed NASA's schedule.

The space industry also took a blow that year with the explosion of the Challenger in Florida.

* Tennis – Wrexham is home to the North Wales Regional Tennis Centre, which plays host to a number of international competitions each year including the Challenger Series.

* John Rhys-Davies was Challenger in the 1992 film version and its sequel ( from the same year ), Return to the Lost World.

Almost exactly a year after STS-51-C, Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed with all hands on board during the STS-51-L mission including Ellison Onizuka, a crew member on both flights.

He also received that year the Collier Trophy for his role in assisting NASA's return to launching manned missions after the Challenger disaster.

Although the Challenger was well received by the public ( with 76, 935 produced for the 1970 model year ), it was criticized by the press, and the pony car segment was already declining by the time the Challenger arrived.

Sales fell dramatically after 1970, and though sales rose for the 1973 model year with over 27, 800 cars being sold, Challenger production ceased midway through the 1974 model year.

During its six-year run, sales of the Challenger averaged between 12, 000 and 14, 000 units per year.

Chrysler also made a late-year addition to the 2010 model year with the limited edition Mopar ' 10 Challenger R / T.

The 2011 model year base Dodge Challenger came with the new Pentastar V6 engine producing and.

He turned professional in 1996 and in 1998 he won two ATP Challenger events in Santa Cruz, Bolivia over Luis Adrián Morejón and finished year by winning in Santiago defeating Karim Alami.

In 1914 discussions began toward finding more permanent homes, both for Bruce ’ s collection and, following the death that year of oceanographer Sir John Murray, for the specimens and library of the Challenger expedition.

Note that in " Norby and the Lost Princess ", King Fizzwell talks about a Spacecraft Challenger Disaster, more than one year before the real disaster occurred.

In his first full year on the tour, 1989, he won the Cairo Challenger title as a qualifier ( defeating Jordi Arrese in the final ) and reached the semi-finals in Rome.

The town of Cody is well known for the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, which features various music events throughout the year, while Jackson also hosts many music events during the year, especially Old West Days and the Cowboy Ski Challenger ; the nearby Grand Targhee Resort is home to the annual Bluegrass Music Festival.

His first attempt in the " Virgin Atlantic Challenger " led to the boat capsizing in British waters and a rescue by RAF helicopter, which received wide media coverage.

In 1986, in his " Virgin Atlantic Challenger II ", with sailing expert Daniel McCarthy, he beat the record by two hours.

Following this mission, McNair was selected for STS-51-L, which launched on January 28, 1986, and was subsequently killed when Challenger disintegrated nine miles above the Atlantic Ocean just 73 seconds after liftoff.

On January 28, 1986, seventy-three seconds into flight, the space shuttle named Challenger broke apart and disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean.

In 1880 he published two volumes ( having completed writing in 1877 ), The Voyage of the Challenger in the Atlantic, a preliminary account of the results of the voyage.

He was co-skipper with Richard Branson on Virgin Atlantic Challenger I and Virgin Atlantic Challenger II in 1985 and 1986 respectively, before founding the Challenge Business to organise the 1992 / 1993 British Steel Challenge in 1989.

The Deep Sea Drilling Project ( DSDP ), established in June 1966, operated the Glomar Challenger in drilling and coring operations in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, as well as in the Mediterranean and Red Seas.

His boat named the Typhoo Atlantic Challenger sailed from New York to Falmouth, England.

Challenger launched successfully on its second attempt at 29 July 1985, 17: 00 EDT, after a delay of one hour and 37 minutes due to a problem with the table maintenance block update uplink.

He entered the USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in 1982, and was scheduled to fly on mission STS-71-B in December 1986, but the mission was cancelled after the Challenger Disaster in January 1986.

The depression is named after the British Royal Navy survey ship HMS Challenger, whose expedition of 1872 – 1876 made the first recordings of its depth.

However, the mission was further delayed by the hiatus in launches that occurred after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

Also, the deepest-diving underwater ROV, which recently set a record for exploring the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench, is named after this figure.

Space Shuttle Challenger was torn apart 73 seconds after launch after hot gases escaped the Solid rocket booster | SRBs, causing the breakup of the Shuttle stack

* 1988 – Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

Challenger was named after HMS Challenger, a British corvette that was the command ship for the Challenger Expedition, a pioneering global marine research expedition undertaken from 1872 through 1876.

Challenger ( and the orbiters built after it ) had fewer tiles in its Thermal Protection System than Columbia.

Similarly, Enterprise was considered for refit to replace Challenger after the latter was destroyed, but Endeavour was built from structural spares instead.

Discovery had been twice chosen as the " Return To Flight " Orbiter, first in 1988 after the 1986 Challenger disaster, and then for the twin " Return To Flight " missions in July 2005 and July 2006 after the 2003 Columbia disaster.

Endeavour was the fifth and final spaceworthy NASA space shuttle to be built, constructed as a replacement for Challenger, which was destroyed 73 seconds after its launch on January 28, 1986.

* September 29 – STS-26: NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster, with Space Shuttle Discovery.

* January 28 – STS-51-L: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of 7 astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe ( see Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ).

On January 28, 1986, he planned to give his address, but after learning of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, he postponed it for a week and addressed the nation on the day's events.

Seventeen years after the Challenger accident, Columbia broke up on reentry, killing all seven crew members, on February 1, 2003, and it was not replaced.

In 1986, Challenger disintegrated 1 minute 13 seconds after liftoff.

* Challenger – lost 73 seconds after liftoff, STS-51-L, January 28, 1986

Due to the suspension of America's manned space program after the Challenger explosion, the mission was canceled, and ASTRO-1 would not fly until late 1990 on STS-35.

The Shuttle was originally intended to replace expendable launchers in the launching of satellites, but after the loss of Challenger the Shuttle was reserved for previously planned missions and those requiring a crew.