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Jaclyn Diaz

A piece of the wrecked 1986 Challenger space shuttle was found off Florida's coast

The Challenger liftoff (NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration/NASA)

A documentary crew searching the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida for a World War II-era wreckage uncovered a very different historical artifact.

While digging in the seabed, crew members from the History Channel discovered a piece of the 1986 space shuttle Challenger, the explosion of which resulted in the death of all seven astronauts onboard mere seconds after liftoff. NASA confirmed the findings in an announcement shared Thursday.

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