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| June Scobee Rodgers, left, widow of Dick Scobee, commander of space shuttle Challenger, and William Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations, place a wreath at the Space Mirror Memorial at a remembrance ceremony to mark the 25th Anniversary of space shuttle Challenger at the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. On the memorial, top left, are the names of the astronauts that perished in Challenger. (AP Photo/John Raoux) |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Hundreds gathered at NASA's launch site Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, receiving words of hope from the widow of the space shuttle's commander.
The chilly outdoor ceremony drew space agency managers, former astronauts, past and present launch directors, family and friends of the fallen crew — and schoolchildren who weren't yet born when the space shuttle carrying a high school teacher from Concord, N.H., erupted in the sky.
The accident on Jan. 28, 1986 — just 73 seconds into flight — killed all seven on board, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. story-->>
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