http://mix941kmxj.com Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://mix941kmxj.com/back-in-the-day-remembering-the-challenger-and-crew/ http://mix941kmxj.com/back-in-the-day-remembering-the-challenger-and-crew/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:00:35 +0000 Lori Crofford http://mix941kmxj.com/?p=2291 Lots of things happened on January 28th but nothing more heartbreaking and devastating than this day in 1986 when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in mid-air.  I remember watching this in school as it happened.

]]> http://mix941kmxj.com/back-in-the-day-remembering-the-challenger-and-crew/feed/ 0 (Back, L-R) Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher-in-Space participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis and mission specialist Judy Resnick. (Front, L-R) Pilot Mike Smith, commander Dick Scobee and mission specialist Ron McNair. The Challenger and its seven member crew were lost seventy three seconds after launch when a booster rocket failed. (Photo by NASA/Getty Images)