Challenger - Definition and Overview

Challenger may mean:

• Space Shuttle Challenger, the American space shuttle which exploded shortly after takeoff in 1986
• HMS Challenger, any of eight Royal Navy ships, most notably the one carrying the Challenger expedition, a British oceanographic survey of 1872-1876
• Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the world's oceans
• Challenger tournament, a classification for some low-tier tennis tournaments
• Challenger tank, the main battle tank family in use with the British Army.
• The Challenger was a named passenger train operated by the Union Pacific railroad between Chicago, IL and Los Angeles, CA
• Mitsubishi Challenger, SUV