Challenger

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Challenger may refer to:

In transportation

Land vehicles

• Challenger trucks, a Canadian maker of heavy trucks
• One of several British Army tanks:
  • Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger, 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
• Dodge Challenger, a car made by Dodge
• Mitsubishi Challenger, an SUV sold in export markets as the Pajero Sport/Montero Sport
• Tokai Challenger, a solar car
• Challenger (train), a named passenger train fleet
• Union Pacific Challenger, a type of steam locomotive
• Challenger Tractor, a rubber-tracked agricultural tractor

Sea vessels

• HMS Challenger, any of eight Royal Navy ships
• RSS Challenger, a Sjöormen-class submarine in the Republic of Singapore Navy
• USS Challenger (ID-3630), an early-20th century US Navy cargo ship
• Challenger (clipper), a clipper sailing ship built in London in 1852
• Challenger (1853 clipper), a clipper ship built in Boston
• Stena Challenger, a ferry, formerly Isle of Inishfree and Pride of Cherbourg, now the MV Kaitaki
• Deepsea Challenger, used by James Cameron in the Mariana Trench

Air and space craft

• Canadair Challenger, a series of business jets manufactured by Bombardier
• Space Shuttle Challenger, the NASA space shuttle
  • Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
• Quad City Challenger, an ultralight airplane
• Challenger, the Apollo 17 lunar module

Places

• Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the world's oceans
• Challenger Plateau, a submarine rise in the Tasman Sea close to the New Zealand coast
• Challenger Mountains, a subrange of the Arctic Cordillera in Nunavut, Canada
• Mount Challenger, Falkland Islands
• Challenger Point, a mountain in Colorado, United States
• Challenger Harbour, Fremantle, Western Australia
• Challengers, Saint Kitts and Nevis

In entertainment

• Challenger (1990 film), about the space shuttle Challenger disaster
• The Challengers, a 1990 film produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Challenger (comics), a Marvel Comics Golden Age superhero
• Challenger (video game), developed by Hudson Soft
• Challenger (game show), a 1997 Australian game show
• Challenger (game show), a 2013 Pakistani game show
• Challengers (role-playing game), a 1985 role-playing game
• Challengers of the Unknown a team of costumed crime fighters from DC Comics
• Challenger (Star Trek), a Star Trek: New Earth novel
• Challengers (album), by The New Pornographers
• The Challengers (band), a 1960s surf rock group
• The Challengers (game show), a 1990 American game show hosted by Dick Clark
• Challengers (manga), the shōnen-ai manga by Hinako Takanaga
• Professor Challenger, a fictional scientist and adventurer created by Arthur Conan Doyle
• "Challenger", a song by Misia from Mars & Roses
• Challenger (Burning Star Core album), by Burning Star Core
• Challenger (Knut album), by Knut
• Challenger (EP), by Sybreed
• Challenger (Memphis May Fire album), by Memphis May Fire

People

• Challenger (actor) (1959 – 2010), Bangladeshi film and television actor
• Romeo Challenger (born 1950), rock drummer, father of Ben Challenger
• Ben Challenger (born 1978), English high jumper
• Okeem Challenger (born 1989), Antiguan and Barbudan footballer

In science

• Challenger (eagle), an American bald eagle known for free flights
• Challenger Society for Marine Science, established in 1903 in the United Kingdom
• Challenger expedition, a British oceanographic survey in 1872-1876
• Challenger Center for Space Science Education, an American a nonprofit educational organization

In sport

• Challenger (America's Cup), the syndacates challengers of America's Cup
• Challengers League & Challengers Cup, the third tier football league and league cup competition in South Korea
• ATP Challenger Series, a series of professional tennis tournaments
• Challenger (horse), Champion Thoroughbred sire in the United States

Other uses

• Challenger Institute of Technology, a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institution in Fremantle, Western Australia
• Challenger Equipment, AGCO Corporation's division of agricultural machinery
• Challenger hop, a beer flavouring
• Challenger Limited, a financial services company in Australia
• Challenger Mine, a gold mine in South Australia
• Challenger Secondary School, Bethel School District, in Spanaway, Washington, United States
• Challenger Early College High School, an early college located in Hickory, North Carolina, United States