We Remember The Challenger Crew: 29 Years Later

Mission Specialist, Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher in Space Participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist, Greg Jarvis and Mission Specialist, Judy Resnik. In the front row from left to right.

 We remember these faces.  We remember these faces.  This is the “Challenger Crew. 29 years ago they came into our world as the crew that would take a teacher in to space.  Christa McAuliffe, age 37, mother of 9 year old Scott and 6 year old Caroline, wife of Steve, lived in Concord New Hampshire and was selected out of more than 11,000 applicants for the "Teacher In Space" program, as a way to get the public more involved and interested in the space programs.  73 seconds into the flight, things went very wrong and the Challenger blew up, killing all 7 on board.  RIP Challenger Crew, January 28, 1986.