The Challenger Explosion: 25 Years Later

[Tulip86]

I was only three weeks then but I do remember thus made a huge impact on my sister who was 8 at the time, she mentioned it as being the first major news item she remembers since we just got a tv before it happened

[honeychile]

My eldest uncle had worked at NASA prior to it becoming NASA, so I heard about space programs all my life, and frankly, was bored with them. I was running an errand and glanced at Dan Rather on tv with a model rocket and thought, "Oh, yeah, this is the launch with the teacher on it." I didn't find out what had really happened for another half hour.

[ThetaPrincess24]

I was in first grade! I dont remember much coverage of it when it initially happened, but I remember seeing clips of it constantly on the news and remember it was a big deal because the teacher was on board. I also remember hearing somewhere her class was in the audience watching the launch when it exploded.