Even some sixteen years later I still remember the day and what I was doing when I heard that the space shuttle Challenger had exploded. I was five years old in 1986, attending elementary school and being a normal five year old. On Tuesday January 28, 1986 I was home sick from school being babysat by my grandmother because my parents were at work. I knew that day was important because we had talked about the space launch …showed first 75 words of 1506 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1506 total…space disaster to date. January 28, 1986 is a day that wills peremantly be engraved into everyone’s minds for the rest of their lives. This day was one of the days that you can remember exactly where you were and exactly what you were doing when you found out the news of the accident. Not many events in someone’s lifetime will do that but the Challenger explosion was one of these tragic and chilling events.