No shuttles have blown up in space. The Challenger disintegrated after launch on Jan 28, 1986 and the Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on Feb 1, 2003. Both were in the earth's atmosphere when they disintegrated.
Challenger - Blew up from a faulty O-Ring on the main Fuel tank/Rocket. Columbia - Burned up on re-entry Atlantis Discovery Endeavour
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3 space shuttles have crashed so far
Currently NASA have three space shuttles Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
No shuttles have blown up in space. The Challenger disintegrated after launch on Jan 28, 1986 and the Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on Feb 1, 2003. Both were in the earth's atmosphere when they disintegrated.
Challenger - Blew up from a faulty O-Ring on the main Fuel tank/Rocket. Columbia - Burned up on re-entry Atlantis Discovery Endeavour
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3 space shuttles have crashed so far
Currently NASA have three space shuttles Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
No new space shuttles are being built at this time.