Challenger Disaster: remembered
On January 28, 1986, at 11:38 a.m., EST, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The entire crew of seven was lost in the explosion 73 seconds into the launch. Click the picture above to view the tribute to this crew which included Sharon Christa McAuliffe, a New Hampshire social studies teacher, NASA’s choice for the first teacher in space (34 pics total). —via boston.com’s The Big Picture blog
