(01-28-2023, 07:16 PM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: Today in 1986: The Space Shuttle Challenger’s mission STS-51-L external fuel tank exploded and the shuttle disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, FL, killing all six crew members, and New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe. Investigators found failure of O-ring seals in the right solid rocket booster was the cause.
The crew on board the Challenger:
Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnick, Mike Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ronald McNair.
My mom was a teacher then and was quite ecstatic to hear this news AND she knew Gregory Jarvis. She had a tv in her classroom and watched in horror with her class. School was promptly cancelled and remained closed the next day. I remember my mom went into shock & deep depression from this tragic day forward.
Two events I will never forget: The Challenger blowing up and 9-11. I was (thumbnail) when I heard the Challenger exploded. I pulled over and just sat there stunned.