Photo: the Challenger crew. In the back row from left to right: Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, and Judy Resnik. In the front row from left to right: Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ron McNair. Credit: NASA; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Students Stunned as Space Shuttle ‘Challenger’ Explodes

By Tony Pettinato on January 28, 2019

An article about the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on 28 January 1986, killing all seven crew members and stunning teachers and students... (Read More)

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