Challenger Remembered [VIDEO]

Chris PopperPublished: January 28, 2014

Space Shuttle Challenger crew members gather for an official portrait November 11, 1985 in an unspecified location. (Back, L-R) Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher-in-Space participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis and mission specialist Judy Resnick. (Front, L-R) Pilot Mike Smith, commander Dick Scobee and mission specialist Ron McNair. The Challenger and its seven member crew were lost seventy three seconds after launch when a booster rocket failed. (Photo by NASA/Getty Images)

Twenty-eight years ago, on January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. It was the 25th lift-off of the shuttle, and lift-offs had become routine. No one questioned the safety of the Shuttle program until then.

Take a moment and watch. I remember where I was when it happened. I bet if you were old enough, you do too.

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