Posted on Jan 28, 2016
US commemorates 30th anniversary of Challenger Space Shuttle disaster | Fox News
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Tributes flooded in for the seven astronauts who lost their lives on the Challenger Space Shuttle Thursday as the United States commemorated the 30th anniversary of the disaster.
The shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after launch from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all crewmembers of mission STS-51L. The disaster claimed the lives of astronauts Francis “Dick” Scobee, Michael Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka and Gregory Jarvis.
The shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after launch from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all crewmembers of mission STS-51L. The disaster claimed the lives of astronauts Francis “Dick” Scobee, Michael Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka and Gregory Jarvis.
US commemorates 30th anniversary of Challenger Space Shuttle disaster | Fox News
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I'll never forget my Mom coming to my room and letting me know what had happened. Hard to believe that it has been 30 years. My wife can't believe I knew all of their names still after all these years.
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Brings back memories of a very sad time for this nation when the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded in view of a national television audience SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL.
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