CHALLENGER DISASTER JANUARY 28, 1986

THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER EXPLODED 73 SECONDS AFTER LAUNCHING FROM CAPE CANAVERAL JANUARY 28, 1986. 

HODGEPOD LOOKS AT THE TIME LEADING UP TO THE LAUNCH WITH THE CREW

THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER EXPLODED 73 SECONDS AFTER LAUNCHING FROM CAPE CANAVERAL JANUARY 28, 1986. 

HODGEPOD LOOKS AT THE TIME LEADING UP TO THE LAUNCH.

THE CREW OF THE CHALLENGER

F. RICHARD SCOBEE-COMMANDER

MICHAEL J SMITH    -PILOT

RONALD MCNAIR     -MISSION SPECIALIST

ELLISON ONIZUKA   -MISSION SPECIALIST

JUDITH RESNICK      -MISSION SPECIALIST

GREGORY JARVIS     -PAYLOAD SPECIALIST

CHRISTA MCAULIFFE-PAYLOAD SPECIALIST-TEACHER IN SPACE

I WILL LOOK AT CHRISTA MCAULIFFE BEING SELECTED OUT OF 11,000 TEACHERS WHO APPLIED. THE NEWS COVERAGE FROM CBS RADIO, KNBC AND ABC NEWS. THIS TRAGEDY STUNNED THE NATION AS OVER 40 MILLION WATCHED THE LAUNCH AND HORRIBLE TRAGEDY TO FOLLOW. PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN GAVE AN ADDRESS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE THAT NIGHT JANUARY 28. 

THE LAUNCH WAS PURE JOY AND IN A MATTER OF SECONDS TOTAL DISBELIEF OF THE CHALLENGER EXPLODED.

https://www.harpercollions.com/blogs/harlerkids/space-shuttle-challenger-explosion 

https://www.britannica.com/event/Challenger-disaster

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/weather/2021/01/19/how-weather-caused-the-loss-of-the-space-shuttle-challenger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

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