Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion.
It was a moment of collective grief on Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle exploded during a live broadcast. All seven crew members aboard were killed. This included mission specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, payload specialist Greg Jarvis, mission specialist Judy Resnick, pilot Mike Smith, commander Dick Scobee, mission specialist Ron McNair and Teacher in Space participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe.
FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger mission 51L. All seven members of the crew were killed when the shuttle exploded during launch on Jan. 28, 1986. Front row from left are Michael J. Smith, Francis R. Scobee, and Ronald E. McNair. Front row from left are Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnik.McAuliffe was a high school teacher from New Hampshire who was to be the first civilian and American teacher in space. She was selected as part of the Teacher in Space program. Her inclusion on the team was heavily promoted and followed, especially by schoolchildren.The space shuttle exploded about 73 seconds after its launch, in a moment that was captured on camera and broadcast to the world.The agency suspended its popular space shuttle program for nearly three years while it investigated what went wrong. Engineers traced the problem to an O-ring that failed due to frigid temperatures the morning of launch.Victim identified in murder-suicide at Orrville power plantFederal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged even as Trump continues to insist they be loweredAmazon cuts 16,000 jobs in the latest round of layoffs
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