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How the search for a downed plane led to a fallen space shuttle and vice versa

In the wake of the 1986 space shuttle Challenger tragedy, a major search and salvage effort was organized to find the sunken wreckage of the fallen NASA spacecraft. In the course of six months, 187 pieces of the shuttle were identified and all but 20 were raised off the ocean floor.

In searching for Challenger (opens in new tab), the recovery teams also found the sites of 13 shipwrecks, 13 debris fields from other rocket launches and two downed aircraft. Among the latter was the remains of what was initially thought to be a World War II-era Douglas DC-3 but was later identified to be a Grumman TBF Avenger.

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