i can remember the day this happened. Because there was a teacher on board the Challenger, our 6th grade class was watching on tv. When it happened I didn’t understand what exactly happened. I only understood that our teachers were very upset. I didn’t know at the time just how important that moment was, but it has remained one of the clearest memories in my life.

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Challenger’s resting place

On January 28, 1986, at 11:30, A.M. just one minute after lift off, the Space Shuttle Challenger and its crew were destroyed in an explosion. After pieces of the Challenger were examined, they were lowered into their permanent storage area in the Minuteman missile silo at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.