40 Years Ago: Ronald Reagan Addresses The Nation After Challenger Disaster

Wednesday marked 40 years since the in-flight explosion of NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger — just 73 seconds after lift-off — and then-President Ronald Reagan’s address to a nation in shock. STS-51-L, according to NASA, was the 25th mission of the NASA Space Shuttle program. Children in classrooms across the nation gathered around televisions to watch ...