Seven crew members, including Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher in space, when the shuttle exploded shortly after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986.
President Ronald Reagan was scheduled to give a State of the Union address to the nation on Jan. 28, 1986.Instead, Reagan addressed a nation in mourning after the explosion that morning of Space Shuttle Challenger. The disaster was watched live on CNN across the globe and in person by family and friends of the crew and school children.
Space Shuttle Challenger crew members gather for an official portrait Nov. 11, 1985 in an unspecified location. In the back row from left are Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, teacher-in-space participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, payload specialist Greg Jarvis and mission specialist Judy Resnick. In front, from left, are pilot Mike Smith, commander Dick Scobee and mission specialist Ron McNair.
“I regret that I have to report that based on very preliminary searches of the ocean where Challenger impacted this morning, these searches have not revealed any evidence that the crew of Challenger survived,” said Jesse Moore, NASA associate administrator. Challenger disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla. The breakup was blamed on failed O-ring seals in the right rocket booster. The seal had become brittle because of the cold temperature that morning.
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