Challenger, Challengers, or The Challengers may refer to:

Entertainment

Comics and manga

Challenger (character) The Challenger is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The William Waring version of Challenger appeared beginning with the company's 1940s iteration as Timely Comics during th ...

, comic book character * ''Challengers'' (manga), manga by Hinako Takanaga

Film and TV

* ''The Challengers'' (TV series), a 1979–80 Canadian biographical television series * ''Challenger'' (1990 film), a television movie about the space shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster * ''The Challengers'' (film), a 1990 family film produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation * ''The Challenger'' (film), a 2015 American sports drama film * ''The Challengers'' (game show), a 1990 American game show hosted by Dick Clark * ''Challenger'' (game show), a 1997 Australian game show * ''Challenger'' (2013 game show), a Pakistani game show * The original British title for the film ''

The Challenger Disaster ''The Challenger'' (US title: ''The Challenger Disaster'') is a 2013 TV movie starring William Hurt about Richard Feynman's investigation into the 1986 Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster. The film was co-produced by the BBC, the Science C ...

'', a 2013 BBC made-for-TV film

Games

* ''Challenger'' (video game), a 1985 game developed by Hudson Soft * ''Challengers'' (role-playing game), a 1985 role-playing game * ''Challenger'' (arcade game), a 1981 game developed by Centuri

Literature

* ''Challenger'' (novel), a ''Star Trek: New Earth'' novel by Diane Carey *

Professor Challenger George Edward Challenger is a fictional character in a series of fantasy and science fiction stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Unlike Conan Doyle's self-controlled, analytical character, Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger is an aggressive, ...

, a fictional scientist and adventurer created by Arthur Conan Doyle * ''Challenger'', a science fiction fanzine by

Guy H. Lillian III Guy H. Lillian III is a Louisiana lawyer, former letterhack and science fiction fanzine publisher notable for having been twice nominated for a Hugo Award as best fan writer and having had a row of 12 nominations (without winning) for the Hu ...

which was nominated twelve times for the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

Music

* The Challengers (band), a 1960s surf rock group * ''Challengers'' (album), a 2007 album by The New Pornographers * ''Challenger'' (Burning Star Core album), a 2008 album * ''Challenger'' (Knut album), a 2002 album * ''Challenger'' (Memphis May Fire album), a 2012 album * "Challenger", a song by Misia from the 2004 album '' Mars & Roses'' * ''Challenger'', 2013 album by Recover * ''Challenger'' (EP), a 2021 EP by JO1

Companies

Challenger Limited Challenger Ltd is a provider of contract oil and gas land drilling and workover services. History Challenger is based in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and the company Chairman is Hassan Tatanaki. The company was founded in 19 ...

, an Egyptian-based provider of contract oil and gas land drilling and workover services * Challenger Ltd, an ASX200 listed investment management company

People and animals

Challenger (actor) ASM Tofazzal Hossain (died on 12 October 2010; known by his stage name Challenger) was a Bangladeshi television and film actor. Career Hossain was nicknamed "Challenger" by writer, director Humayun Ahmed, when he debuted his acting career in the ...

(19592010), Bangladeshi film and television actor * Romeo Challenger (born 1950), rock drummer, father of Ben Challenger *

Ben Challenger Benjamin Arthur Challenger (born 7 March 1978) is a retired English high jumper. His personal best jump of 2.30 metres was achieved when he won the 1999 Summer Universiade. His career highlight is a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. ...

(born 1978), English high jumper * Okeem Challenger (born 1989), Antiguan and Barbudan footballer *

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 over stadium events, including the World Series and United States presidential inauguratio ...

(born 1989), an American bald eagle known for free flights *

Challenger (horse) Challenger (1927–1948) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who became a Leading sire in North America. Background Challenger was a bay horse bred by the British The National Stud. As a yearling, Challenger was bought for 5,000 guineas by Lor ...

(1927–1948), a British Thoroughbred racehorse

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 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 . The United State ...

, a subrange of the Arctic Cordillera in Nunavut, Canada * Mount Challenger, a mountain on East Falkland, Falkland Islands * Challenger Point, a mountain in Colorado, United States *

Challenger Harbour Challenger Harbour is a marina in Fremantle, Western Australia adjacent to the Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour. The harbour breakwater covers the historical site of the Fremantle Long Jetty. The harbour was named after HMS ''Challenger'', wh ...

, a marina in Fremantle, Western Australia * Challengers, Saint Kitts and Nevis, a settlement on the island of Saint Kitts

Science

Challenger Society for Marine Science The Challenger Society for Marine Science (or Challenger Society) is a learned society established in 1903 in the United Kingdom around the interdisciplinary subject of marine science. The central objectives of the Challenger Society are: * To ad ...

, established in 1903 in the United Kingdom * ''Challenger'' expedition, a British oceanographic survey in 1872–1876 *

Challenger Center for Space Science Education Challenger Center for Space Science Education is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC. It was founded in 1986 by the families of the astronauts who died in the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster on ...

, an American nonprofit educational organization

Sports

* Challengers League, former name of K3 League, an amateur football competition in South Korea *

Challengers Cup The Challengers Cup is a South Korean Association football, football competition and the league cup of K3 League (2007–2019), Challengers League (amateur K3 League). It was held twice in 2011 Challengers Cup, 2011 and 2012 Challengers Cup, 2012 ...

, a South Korean football competition * ATP Challenger Tour, a series of men's professional tennis tournaments * Challenger (America's Cup), the yacht representing the club that currently opposes the defender * PCB Challengers, a Pakistani women's cricket team

Transportation

Air and space craft

* Bombardier Challenger, a series of business jets manufactured by Bombardier * Space Shuttle ''Challenger'', a NASA space shuttle ** Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster *

Quad City Challenger The Quad City Challenger is a family of one and two seats-in-tandem, pusher configuration, tricycle landing gear ultralight aircraft that is designed and produced by Quad City Aircraft Corporation of Moline, Illinois. The Challenger was ...

, an ultralight airplane * ''Challenger'', the

Apollo 17 Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on ...

lunar module

Land vehicles

* Challenger trucks, a Canadian maker of heavy trucks *

Challenger tank There have been four tanks named Challenger in British military service. * Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger in service during World War II * Challenger 1 in service from the mid-1980s to early 21st century * Challenger 2 in service from 1998 onwards ...

, a series of tanks in British military service *

Dodge Challenger The Dodge Challenger is the name of three different generations of automobiles (two of those being pony cars) produced by American automobile manufacturer Dodge. However, the first use of the Challenger name by Dodge was in 1959 for marketing a ...

, a car made by Dodge * Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, an SUV once sold in Japan as the Mitsubishi Challenger *

Tokai Challenger Tokai Challenger is a solar car from the Japanese Tokai University. The Tokai Challenger became the winner of the 2009 and 2011 World Solar Challenge, a race for solar cars across Australia. The car is designed and tested in collaboration with s ...

, a solar car * ''Challenger'' (train), a named passenger train fleet * Union Pacific Challenger, a type of steam locomotive *

Challenger Tractor Challenger is an American brand of agricultural tractors. Created by Caterpillar Inc. in 1986, the brand was sold to AGCO in 2002. Since then, Challenger tractors have been manufactured at the company's Jackson, Minnesota facility. Production ...

, a rubber-tracked agricultural tractor

Sea vessels

Columbia 24 Challenger The Columbia 24 Challenger, or Columbia Challenger 24, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Joseph McGlasson and first built in 1962.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 316. Internationa ...

, an American sailboat design * 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 * ''Challenger'' (Long Beach fireboat), operated by the fire department of Long Beach, California, US * , a steamboat built in 1865 that operated in Puget Sound, Washington, US * ''Stena Challenger'', a ferry, formerly ''Isle of Inishfree'' and ''Pride of Cherbourg'', now MV ''Kaitaki'' * ''

Glomar Challenger ''Glomar Challenger'' was a deep sea research and scientific drilling vessel for oceanography and marine geology studies. The drillship was designed by Global Marine Inc. (now Transocean Inc.) specifically for a long term contract with the Ameri ...

'', a deep sea research and scientific drilling vessel for oceanography and marine geology studies * ''

Deepsea Challenger ''Deepsea Challenger'' (DCV 1) is a deep-diving submersible designed to reach the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest-known point on Earth. On 26 March 2012, Canadian film director James Cameron piloted the craft to accomplish this goal in ...

'', used by James Cameron in the Mariana Trench * SS ''St. Marys Challenger'', a freight vessel operating on the North American Great Lakes built in 1906

Other uses

*Challenger Institute of Technology, former name of South Metropolitan TAFE, a Technical and Further Education institution in Fremantle, Western Australia * Challenger hop, a beer flavouring * Challenger mine, a gold mine in South Australia * Challenger Secondary School, a public school in Spanaway, Washington, United States * Challenger Early College High School, a public secondary school in Hickory, North Carolina, United States *

Challenger (cable system) Challenger, Challengers, or The Challengers may refer to: Entertainment Comics and manga * Challenger (character), comic book character * ''Challengers'' (manga), manga by Hinako Takanaga Film and TV * ''The Challengers'' (TV series), a 1979 ...

, an international submarine communications cable between US and Bermuda