Beloved Concord teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian teacher ever chosen for a space mission, was one of seven crew members killed in the disaster.
On Tuesday, the nation marks the 39th anniversary of the explosion that ... After nine missions in 1985, the most in any calendar year, policies called for increasing to as many as 24 flights ...
(WDEF)- 39 years ago on Tuesday ... Rodgers said, “Every anniversary, I go to one of these Challenger Learning Centers, because it makes me so happy to see that the mission continues.