46. How many times has a Space Shuttle blown up or not been able to take off? (A K2S Question)

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It has blown up once, and that was in flight and not on the launch pad. There have been a number of times when, for various reasons, launch was delayed.

Answer provided by Jon H. Brown

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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