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The spaceship that exploded with the female teacher, Christa McAuliffe, onboard was the Space Shuttle Challenger. The tragic event occurred on January 28, 1986, shortly after the shuttle launch.
The first NASA spacecraft, Explorer 1, was launched on January 31, 1958. It was the United States' first successfully launched satellite and was instrumental in the discovery of Earth's radiation belts.
America's main spaceship launching station is the Kennedy Space Center, located in Florida. It is operated by NASA and is used for launching crewed and uncrewed missions into space, including to the International Space Station.
The first spaceship was made in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union. It was the first artificial satellite to be put into orbit around the Earth.