Monday, January 28, 2008

A sad anniversary today

The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred in the United States over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of central Florida at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC) on January 28 1986. The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster failed at liftoff.
Do you remember where you were and what you were doing?
I was living on the otherside of the country from where I am now. I was watching tv and heard it announced. I was in total shock.

1 comment:

Velda said...

I remember when that happened. I cried. I'm not american, I wasn't even into watching the liftoffs, but I couldn't believe what I was seeing.