Challenger: 30 Year Anniversary

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On this day, in 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded killing all seven crew members. It barely got 73 seconds of flight before it was gone.

The real tragedy is that 30 years later we (USA) have no manned spaceflight capability.

A very sad day in space exploration history. I've also noticed that the period in late January seems to be a cursed one for NASA; in that the most catastrophic failures have occurred in that time frame.

On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 caught fire, killing all three aboard, and then there was the aforementioned Challenger explosion, and 17 years later, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart upon reentry.

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I remember that day. My sister and I were watching it on the news and than the rocket broke apart.

...I remember watching it , also .
Wasn't there a punk band called Challenger Crew ?

Yikes! I'm getting old. I was in nursing school when this event happened.

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.