The 1986 Challenger explosion: These Alabama teachers were almost on board the doomed shuttle
The 1986 Challenger explosion: These Alabama teachers were almost on board the doomed shuttle Updated Jan 27, 2021; Facebook Share Challenger space shuttle. “It’s such a quantum leap from what my life has been like,” the 37-year-old mother of two told It was not to be. Those children instead watched in horror 35 years ago this week as the Challenger disintegrated at 10:39 a.m. CST on Jan. 28, 1986. McAuliffe died along with six other crew members, 73 seconds into the shuttle’s flight. Watching along with a generation of children marked by the tragedy were two Alabama teachers who h...
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