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Land vehicles

  • Challenger (train), a named passenger train fleet
  • One of several British Army tanks:
    • Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger
      Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger
      The Tank, Cruiser, Challenger was an attempt to mount the 17 Pounder gun on the Cromwell tank chassis to give a tank with more anti-tank firepower to add to the Cruiser tank units.-Design:...

      , 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
    Dodge Challenger
    The Dodge Challenger is the name of three different automobile models marketed by the Dodge division of Chrysler LLC since 1970.- :...

    , a car made by Dodge
  • Mitsubishi Challenger
    Mitsubishi Challenger
    The Mitsubishi Challenger is a mid-size SUV built by Mitsubishi Motors. It is known as Montero Sport in North America, Nativa in Puerto Rico, Shogun Sport in the United Kingdom, and Pajero Sport in Europe....

    , an SUV sold in export markets as the Pajero Sport/Montero Sport
  • Union Pacific Challenger, a type of steam locomotive
  • Challenger Tractor
    Challenger Tractor
    The 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...

    , rubber tracked ag tractors

Sea vessels

  • HMS Challenger
    HMS Challenger
    Eight 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
  • Challenger (clipper)
    Challenger (clipper)
    Challenger was a wood clipper ship built in 1852 by Richard & Henry Green, Blackwall for Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, London.From "The Copartnership Herald", Vol. I, no...

    , a clipper sailing ship
  • 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 Challenger
    Space Shuttle Challenger
    Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Columbia being the first. Its maiden flight was on April 4, 1983, and it completed nine missions before breaking apart 73 seconds after the launch of its tenth mission, STS-51-L on January 28, 1986, resulting...

    , which broke up shortly after liftoff of its tenth mission, in 1986
  • Quad City Challenger
    Quad City Challenger
    The Quad City Challenger is an ultralight aircraft designed and produced by the Quad City Aircraft Corporation of Quad Cities, Illinois and first introduced in 1983.-Development:...

    , an ultralight airplane
  • Challenger, the Apollo 17
    Apollo 17
    Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. The mission was launched at 12:33 a.m. EST on December 7, 1972, and concluded on December 19. It...

     lunar module

Places

  • Challenger Deep
    Challenger Deep
    The Challenger Deep is the deepest surveyed point in the oceans, with a depth of approximately . The error of measurement is less than a hundred metres. 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 Plateau
    Challenger Plateau
    The Challenger Plateau is a large submarine plateau, located north-east of New Zealand and south of the Lord Howe Rise. It 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 Mountains
    Challenger Mountains
    The 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
  • Challengers, Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Challengers, Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Challengers 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 (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. The first host was Diarmid Heidenreich after he left the show he was replaced by hosts Adrian DeVito and Zoe Sheridan....

    , a 1997 Australian game show
  • Professor Challenger
    Professor Challenger
    George 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
  • 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 "Somehow I'll Find My Way Home".The film was first broadcast in Canada on 14...

  • The Challengers (band)
    The Challengers (band)
    The Challengers were an instrumental surf rock band in the 1960s, located in Los Angeles. They started early in the game and helped make the genre popular. Their debut album Surfbeat is the biggest selling surf album of all time and almost single-handedly brought surf from California to the rest of...

    , 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 was canceled on August 30, 1991...

    , a 1990 American game show hosted by Dick Clark
  • Challengers (manga), the shōnen-ai manga by Hinako Takanaga
  • 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...

    , an album by The New Pornographers
  • Challenger (1990 film), an film about the space shuttle Challenger disaster
  • 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

Other uses

  • 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 Equipment, AGCO Corporation's division of agricultural machinery
  • Challenger expedition
    Challenger expedition
    The Challenger expedition of 1872-77 was a scientific expedition that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography, named after the mother vessel, HMS Challenger....

    , a British oceanographic survey in 1872-1876
  • ATP Challenger Series
    ATP Challenger Series
    The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments that allow players to win enough ranking points to earn an entry into an ATP-level main draw or qualifying draw...

    , a series of professional tennis tournaments
  • Challenger School
    Challenger School
    Challenger 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 School
    Challenger Secondary School
    Challenger Secondary School is an option for students in the Bethel School District . The school graduates 100 to 130 students each year and serves grades 7-12. To enroll, students must meet certain requirements, and unlike other high schools in the district, a normal school day at Challenger is 3½...

    in Spanaway, WA for the Bethel School District