Challenger Disaster

Smoke plume left in the sky moments after the loss of Space Shuttle Challenger

On the morning of January 28, 1986, the United State Space Shuttle Challenger was scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in central Florida.

At 11:38 a.m. EST the ship lifted from its launchpad with seven American astronauts, and 73 seconds later, Challenger was no more.

Below are the memories of REDdimension Wiki Circle members relating where they were when the shuttle exploded in the sky over the Atlantic Ocean just off Florida's east coast and how the national tragedy impacted their lives.

Jon Reddick

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