After the success of landing a man on the Moon, meeting JFK's challenge, NASA confronted the near disaster of Apollo 13, which was avoided by human intelligence and ingenuity. After four more successful lunar landings, NASA re-engineered the program. The STS Shuttle was used in the construction of the International Space Station, but disaster struck when Challenger exploded, killing the crew, including teacher Christa McAuliffe. A redesigned shuttle, Columbia, began new missions and placed the Hubble Telescope in orbit. After 22 years of service, Columbia, STS-107, disintegrated during re-entry, killing seven crew members. Despite this, NASA recovered with STS-114, Discovery, for a return to flight.

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Apollo 13: Crew(3:42) -- Apollo 13: Explosion (4:07) -- Apollo 13: Lunar Module (2:46) -- Apollo 13: Carbon Dioxide Concerns (2:52) -- Apollo 13: Safe Reentry (3:16) -- Apollo 17: Last Man on the Moon (0:56) -- Space Shuttle Columbia: First Flight (6:38) -- Untethered Maneuvering (3:21) -- Space Shuttle Challenger (2:20) -- Challenger Disaster (3:59) -- White House Addresses the Nation (2:16) -- Reigniting Space Programs (2:28) -- STS-107 Columbia (2:57) -- Columbia Shuttle Foam Strike (3:07) -- Columbia Shuttle Breakup on Reentry (3:29) -- STS-114, Discovery (1:48) -- Credits: Triumph and Tragedy: Space Age-NASA's Story (0:40).