On January 28, 1986, seventy three seconds after liftoff, the space shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all on board.Millions of Americans witnessed the tragedy on television, many of whom were tuned in because it was to be the first flight of the Teacher In Space Program and carried Sharon Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian to fly in space.In addition to McAuliffe, the crew included Francis R. Scobee; pilot Michael J. Smith; mission specialists Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, and Judith A. Resnik; and payload specialists Gregory B. Jarvis.
NASA held a me
morial at the launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida to honor the Challenger's seven crew members, including schoolteacher and citien Christa McAuliffe, who perished in the space shuttle's explosion, as well as the "fallen explorers" on board the Apollo 1 and Columbia.
morial at the launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida to honor the Challenger's seven crew members, including schoolteacher and citien Christa McAuliffe, who perished in the space shuttle's explosion, as well as the "fallen explorers" on board the Apollo 1 and Columbia."This year marks the 25th anniversary of the loss of Challenger a tragedy that caused us to completely re-think our systems and processes as we worked to make the shuttle safer," NASA administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement. "The legacy of those who have perished is present every day in our work and inspires generations of new space explorers."
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