Challenger Memorial - Seabrook, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 33.634 W 095° 01.248
15R E 304224 N 3271797
A rose granite square remembering the crew of Shuttle Challenger, at the Bay Area Veterans Memorial in Seabrook.
Waymark Code: WMXZM7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2018
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In memory of
The Crew of the
NASA Space Shuttle
Challenger 51-L
January 28, 1986
Opposite this is a square honoring Judy Resnik.
The NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986, just 73 seconds after liftoff, bringing a devastating end to the spacecraft’s 10th mission. The disaster claimed the lives of all seven astronauts aboard, including Christa McAuliffe, a teacher from New Hampshire who would have been the first civilian in space. It was later determined that two rubber O-rings, which had been designed to separate the sections of the rocket booster, had failed due to cold temperatures on the morning of the launch. The tragedy and its aftermath received extensive media coverage and prompted NASA to temporarily suspend all shuttle missions.
History Channel - Challenger Explosion
It was a Tuesday, I was working the lunch shift at TGIFriday's. I'm not sure how we found out, but someone turned on the TV and we all stood there in silence for about 15 minutes just watching in disbelief. Seventeen years later Shuttle Columbia would shock the world again.