Challenger Colles is a range of hills on Pluto near the eastern edge of Sputnik Planitia. Discovered by the New Horizons team in July 2015, it is named in honor of the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was destroyed with all seven crew lost on January 28, 1986.
Challenger Colles is a range of hills on Pluto near the eastern edge of Sputnik Planitia. Discovered by the New Horizons team in July 2015, it is named in honor of the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was destroyed with all seven crew lost on January 28, 1986.
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