On January 28, 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded upon takeoff.  The Challenger carried a seven-person crew, including the first teacher involved in a space mission.  This Saturday, it will be 26 years since the tragedy.  Pictured here are the brave astronauts of the Challenger Crew: (Back row, left to right) Mission Specialist Ellison Onizuka, Teacher in Space Participant S. Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis, Mission Specialist Judy Resnick; (front row) Pilot Mike Smith, Commader Dick Scobee, and Mission Specialist Ron McNair. Address to the Nation on the Challenger Explosion
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On January 28, 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded upon takeoff.  The Challenger carried a seven-person crew, including the first teacher involved in a space mission. 

This Saturday, it will be 26 years since the tragedy.  Pictured here are the brave astronauts of the Challenger Crew:

(Back row, left to right) Mission Specialist Ellison Onizuka, Teacher in Space Participant S. Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis, Mission Specialist Judy Resnick; (front row) Pilot Mike Smith, Commader Dick Scobee, and Mission Specialist Ron McNair.

Address to the Nation on the Challenger Explosion

Source: grin.hq.nasa.gov

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