Challenger
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Land vehicles
- Challenger trucksChallenger trucksChallenger Manufacturing Ltd. was a British Columbia-based Canadian manufacturer of heavy trucks, that built both highway and off road trucks, particularly for the logging industry, under the Challenger, Custom Built for Heavy Industry, brand....
, a Canadian maker of heavy trucks - One of several British Army tanks:
- Cruiser Mk VIII ChallengerCruiser Mk VIII ChallengerThe Tank, Cruiser, Challenger was a British tank of World War II. It mounted the 17 Pounder gun on the Cromwell chassis to add heavier anti-tank firepower to the cruiser tank units....
, in service during World War II - Challenger 1 tank, in service from the late 1980s to early 21st century
- Challenger 2 tank, in service from 1998
- Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger
- Dodge ChallengerDodge ChallengerThe Dodge Challenger is the name of three different generations of automobiles marketed by the Dodge division of Chrysler.The first generation Dodge Challenger was a pony car built from 1970 to 1974, using the Chrysler E platform and sharing major components with the Plymouth Barracuda. The second...
, a car made by Dodge - Mitsubishi ChallengerMitsubishi Challenger- First generation :Production began in Japan in 1996, and was available for most export markets by 1997, where it was variously known as the Challenger, Pajero Sport in Europe, Montero Sport in North America and South America, Nativa in parts of Central America and the Middle East, Shogun Sport...
, an SUV sold in export markets as the Pajero Sport/Montero Sport - Tokai ChallengerTokai ChallengerTokai Challenger is a solar car from the Japanese Tokai University. The Tokai Challenger became the winner of the 2011 and 2009 World Solar Challenge, a race for solar cars across Australia...
, a solar car - Challenger (train), a named passenger train fleet
- Union Pacific ChallengerUnion Pacific ChallengerBuilt between 1936 and 1943, the Challengers were nearly 122 feet long and weighed more than one million pounds. Articulated like their big brother, the Union Pacific Big Boy, the Challengers had a 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement...
, a type of steam locomotive - Challenger TractorChallenger TractorThe Challenger Tractor was the world's first rubber tracked agriculture tractor, created by Caterpillar Inc. in 1987. The original model was a Challenger 65 featuring the Mobile-Trac System consisting of rubber tracks and a suspension system. The MTS combined the flotation and traction of steel...
, a rubber-tracked agricultural tractor
Sea vessels
- HMS ChallengerHMS ChallengerEight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Challenger, most famously the survey vessel Challenger that carried the Challenger expedition from 1872 to 1876....
, any of eight Royal Navy ships - RSS Challenger, a Sjöormen class submarineSjöormen class submarineThe Sjöormen class were a group of submarines built for the Swedish Navy in the late 1960s. They had a teardrop shape and were capable of diving to 150m. At the time of their deployment they were regarded as one of the most advanced non-nuclear submarine-classes in the world, incorporating many new...
in the Republic of Singapore Navy - USS Challenger (ID-3630)USS Challenger (ID-3630)USS Challenger was a U.S. freighter. It was commissioned by the U.S. Navy between 1918 and 1919 for service during World War I.She was built in 1918 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Calif., under a United States Shipping Board contract. The US Navy accepted delivery on 4 October 1918 and she was...
, an early-20th century US Navy cargo ship - Challenger (clipper)Challenger (clipper)Challenger was a wooden clipper ship built in 1852 by Richard & Henry Green, Blackwall Yard for Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, London.From "The Copartnership Herald", Vol. I, no...
, a clipper sailing ship built in London in 1852 - Challenger (1853 clipper)Challenger (1853 clipper)The Challenger was an extreme clipper ship built in East Boston in 1853. She sailed in the San Francisco trade, and later in the guano trade in Peru.-Voyages:...
, a clipper ship built in Boston - Stena Challenger, a ferry, formerly Isle of Inishfree and Pride of Cherbourg, now the MV Kaitaki
Air and space craft
- Canadair Challenger, a series of business jets manufactured by Bombardier
- Space Shuttle ChallengerSpace Shuttle ChallengerSpace Shuttle Challenger was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Columbia having been the first. The shuttle was built by Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division in Downey, California...
, the NASA space shuttle- Space Shuttle Challenger disasterSpace Shuttle Challenger disasterThe Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida at 11:38 am EST...
- Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
- Quad City ChallengerQuad City Challenger|-See also:...
, an ultralight airplane - Challenger, the Apollo 17Apollo 17Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final manned mission in the American Apollo space program. Launched at 12:33 a.m. EST on December 7, 1972, with a three-member crew consisting of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 remains the...
lunar module
Places
- Challenger DeepChallenger DeepThe Challenger Deep is the deepest known point in the oceans, with a depth of to by direct measurement from submersibles, and slightly more by sonar bathymetry . It is located at the southern end of the Mariana Trench near the Mariana Islands group...
, the deepest point in the world's oceans - Challenger PlateauChallenger PlateauThe Challenger Plateau is a large submarine plateau west of New Zealand and south of the Lord Howe Rise. It has an approximate diameter of . The plateau originated in the Gondwanan breakup and is one of the five major submerged parts of Zealandia, a largely submerged continent....
, a submarine rise in the Tasman Sea close to the New Zealand coast - Challenger MountainsChallenger MountainsThe Challenger Mountains are a mountain range on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. The range is the most northern range in the world and of the Arctic Cordillera. The highest mountain in the range is Commonwealth Mountain...
, a subrange of the Arctic Cordillera in Nunavut, Canada - Mount ChallengerMount ChallengerMount Challenger is a mountain on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, . It is south of Mount Kent. The area saw some action during the Falklands War, and some of it is still mined. The Murrell River rises on Mount Challenger....
, Falkland Islands - Challenger PointChallenger PointChallenger Point is a fourteener in the Sangre de Cristo range, located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Colorado. The summit is on the northwest shoulder of Kit Carson Mountain, and is a subpeak of the latter...
, a mountain in Colorado, United States - Challenger HarbourChallenger HarbourChallenger Harbour is a marina in Fremantle, Western Australia, adjacent to the Fishing Boat Harbour. Part of the harbour uses reclaimed land which once included the Fremantle Long Jetty. A stone breakwater protects the harbour from the ocean....
, Freemantle, West Australia - Challengers, Saint Kitts and NevisChallengers, Saint Kitts and NevisChallengers is a settlement on the south coast of the island of Saint Kitts in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is located to the west of the capital Basseterre, on the main road to Old Road Town....
In entertainment
- Challenger (1990 film), about the space shuttle Challenger disaster
- The Challengers (CBC TV film)The Challengers (CBC TV film)The Challengers is a 1990 family television film that was produced by Lauron Productions for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It stars Gema Zamprogna , Gwynyth Walsh and Eric Christmas. The film features the song "I'll Find My Way Home".The film was first broadcast in Canada on 14 October...
- Challenger (comics)Challenger (comics)The Challenger is a fictional superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the company's 1940s iteration as Timely Comics during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books.-Publication history:...
, a Marvel Comics Golden Age superhero - Challenger (video game)Challenger (video game)is a video game developed and published by Hudson Soft in 1985 for the Nintendo Famicom.-History:The game was originally planned as a port of the ZX Spectrum video game Stop the Express , which was released by Sinclair Research Ltd in 1983...
, developed by Hudson Soft - Challenger (game show)Challenger (game show)Challenger was an Australian children's game show that aired on the Nine Network in 1997 and 1998. The first host was Diarmid Heidenreich famous for playing Dougie the pizza delivery boy in the Pizza Hut commercials in the mid-1990s. After he left the show in early 1998 he was replaced by hosts...
, a 1997 Australian game show - Challengers of the UnknownChallengers of the UnknownThe Challengers of the Unknown is a group of fictional characters in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jack Kirby, or co-created with Dave Wood , this quartet of adventurers explored science fictional and apparent paranormal occurrences and faced fantastic menaces.Scripts for the first...
a team of costumed crime fighters from DC Comics - Challenger (Star Trek)Challenger (Star Trek)Challenger is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by Diane Carey.In Voyages of Imagination, Diane Carey remarked on leaving ending open for a new series: "The new 'sheriff' in these parts was Nick Keller, a first officer plagued with an unstable captain who was forced to take over a ship and...
, a Star Trek: New Earth novel - Challengers (album)Challengers (album)Challengers is the fourth album by Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers, released on August 21, 2007. The track listing for the album was revealed June 1, 2007...
, by The New Pornographers - The Challengers (band)The Challengers (band)The Challengers were an instrumental surf music band started in late 1962. They were located in Los Angeles. They represented a growing love for surf music and helped make the genre popular...
, a 1960s surf rock group - The Challengers (game show)The Challengers (game show)The Challengers was an American syndicated game show from Ron Greenberg Productions, Dick Clark Productions, and Buena Vista Television. The show was hosted by Dick Clark. The show premiered on September 3, 1990 and ended on August 30, 1991...
, a 1990 American game show hosted by Dick Clark - Challengers (manga), the shōnen-ai manga by Hinako Takanaga
- Professor ChallengerProfessor ChallengerGeorge Edward Challenger, better known as Professor Challenger, is a fictional character in a series of science fiction stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
, a fictional scientist and adventurer created by Arthur Conan Doyle - "Challenger", a song by Misia from Mars & RosesMars & RosesMars & Roses is the fifth studio album by Japanese R&B singer Misia, released on February 11, 2004. It debuted at #3 with 151,087 copies sold. The album was recorded in London, New York and Tokyo. The song Little Rose, the title and theme of the album were inspired by Antoine de Saint Exupéry's The...
People
- Ben ChallengerBen ChallengerBenjamin Arthur "Ben" Challenger is an English high jumper. His personal best jump of 2.30 metres was achieved when he won the 1999 Summer Universiade...
(born 1978), English high jumper - Okeem ChallengerOkeem ChallengerOkeem Challenger is an Antiguan and Barbudan footballer, currently playing for SAP in the Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division.-International career:...
, Antiguan and Barbudan footballer - Romeo ChallengerRomeo ChallengerRomeo Challenger is a Caribbean-born, British-based musician.Challenger was born in St Johns, Antigua, West Indies. Since 1973 he has been the drummer in the rock and roll band Showaddywaddy...
(born 1950), rock drummer, father of Ben Challenger
In science
- Challenger (eagle)Challenger (eagle)Challenger is a non-releasable Bald Eagle in the care of the non-profit American Eagle Foundation. He is the first Bald Eagle in history trained to free fly into major sporting events during the National Anthem.-Life:...
, an American Bald Eagle known for free flights - Challenger Society for Marine ScienceChallenger Society for Marine ScienceThe Challenger Society for Marine Science is a learned society established in 1903 in the United Kingdom around the interdisciplinary subject of marine science...
, established in 1903 in the United Kingdom - Challenger expeditionChallenger expeditionThe Challenger expedition of 1872–76 was a scientific exercise that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. The expedition was named after the mother vessel, HMS Challenger....
, a British oceanographic survey in 1872-1876
In sport
- Challenger (America's Cup), the syndacates challengers of America's CupAmerica's CupThe America’s Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging...
- Challengers League & Challengers CupChallengers CupChallengers Cup is a South Korean football competition operated by the Korea Football Association. It is played on a knockout basis and only Challengers League's clubs can enter the competition....
, the third tier football league and league cup competition in South Korea - ATP Challenger SeriesATP Challenger SeriesThe ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments...
, a series of professional tennis tournaments
Other uses
- Challenger Equipment, AGCO Corporation's division of agricultural machinery
- Challenger hop, a beer flavouring
- Challenger MineChallenger MineThe Challenger Mine is a gold mine in the Far North of South Australia, 165 km west of the Stuart Highway and 740 km north-west of Adelaide. It is operated by Dominion Mining.-History:The ore body was first discovered in 1995...
, a gold mine in South Australia - Challenger SchoolChallenger SchoolChallenger School is a nonsectarian private school in the United States, offering education from preschool through eighth grade. Preschool is offered for children as young as two years and nine months old....
, a private school in the western United States - Challenger Secondary SchoolChallenger Secondary SchoolChallenger Secondary School is a public secondary school in Spanaway, Washington. The school serves grades 7-12 and graduates 100 to 130 students each year. To enroll, students must meet certain requirements, and unlike other high schools in the district, a normal school day at Challenger is 2½...
in Spanaway, WA for the Bethel School District