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More Challenger Photos Found

Reddit.com user posts unseen photos from 1986 space shuttle explosion that took the life of Concord teacher Christa McAuliffe.

There are new amateur photos of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster that took the lives of seven in January 1986, including Concord public school teacher, Christa McAuliffe, according to Reddit.com.

Reddit user “American Mustache” reportedly found the photos in a box while going through his grandparent’s belongings and posted them online.

It’s the second time in less than two years that people have found unseen footage of the disaster. A photographer found 8 mm footage of the disaster in 2012, and gave it to The Huffington Post to publish.

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Singer Beyoncé was recently criticized for sampling audio from NASA of the disaster and using it in a song. 

The link to the photo gallery here is: Challenger Disaster

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