25th anniversary of Challenger explosion

muppet.fan · January 2011

I can't believe it's been 25 years. Where were you (if you were even old enough to remember)?

I think it's one of my earliest "I remember exactly where I was at that moment" events. I was in third grade and our teacher had wheeled in the TV cart so we could watch the lift off live since it was such a huge deal that Christa McAuliffe was going up.

I still get numb when I see the replays of the explosion.

jenn2929 · January 2011

I can't believe it's been that long. I remember it very well. I was 7th grade science class. I remember hearing that one of the other science teachers was crying. It was and still is such a tragedy.

laura&dan05 · January 2011

I was in 2nd grade. We weren't watching it live but the upper grades (5 and 6 graders) were watching it. One of the 6th grade teachers was a finalist to be on the Challenger so I remember the whole event was a huge deal at our school. I remember my teacher coming in the classroom and telling us what happened.

charmcitygirl · January 2011

I was in 2nd grade and we watched it live in the auditorium with the rest of the school. I remember the teachers being upset and crying, but not really knowing what was going on!

meechrobi · January 2011

Vividly remember it too! I was in 4th grade and we watched it in our classroom. Unreal that it was 25 years ago!

emmyloustu · January 2011

I was in 2nd grade and was home sick for the day. I was watching the launch on TV when it happened. So sad.

sasa625 · January 2011

I was in kindergarten. We were going to watch it on tv... we were all sitting on the carpet waiting anxiously and I remember the tv just going black. I don't remember how/if they explained it to us though.

christiney06 · January 2011

meechrobi:
Vividly remember it too! I was in 4th grade and we watched it in our classroom. Unreal that it was 25 years ago!

ditto. so so sad. I also remember the Punky Brewster episode about it very vividly. Punky was my girl!

krissyh21 · January 2011

I was home sick from high school that day, I remember being slightly annoyed because the launch was on rather then the Soaps I wanted to watch. Then I was totally shocked when I saw the explosion.

Mouseygail · January 2011

wow!! I was in second grade and we were all watching it....I was so confused because I thought that the rocket was just doing something different than it normally did (but that it was supposed to do)...and then Sister Mary something or other started freaking out.

krissyh21 · January 2011

And yes, now I feel old that I was in high school and all of you were in second and third grade lol

muppet.fan · January 2011

christiney06:

meechrobi:
Vividly remember it too! I was in 4th grade and we watched it in our classroom. Unreal that it was 25 years ago!

ditto. so so sad. I also remember the Punky Brewster episode about it very vividly. Punky was my girl!

I remember that Punky episode too. I loved that show and that episode was especially well done.

Marc's Mrs. · January 2011

I was in junior high. We were in social studies with our head teacher when the secretary came in to announce it. Our teacher got the TV cart so we could watch the news coverage. It was shocking and so sad.

RoxBride · January 2011

We had the day off from school because it was Martin Luther King Jr day, and we were about the only place in the country that had that day off because it wasn't a holiday at the time, but we lived in DC.

My Mom and I were watching at home in the kitchen and were so shocked.

roxydaisy · January 2011

I was in first grade at the time. We were eating lunch in the cafeteria and didn't get to see it. I live on the Space Coast of Florida and it was devastating to our community then. I work at the Kennedy Space Center now and it is a very somber day here today.

alchris · January 2011

Wow. Music class here.

25 years is crazy -- thanks for mentioning it as it would have never crossed my mind.

vandelay · January 2011

I was in 10th grade history class. The teacher for that class joked around a lot, which I usually liked. I remember that he was called out of the room, and when he returned, he had a shocked expression on his face, and he said, "I hope none of you knew anyone on the space shuttle, because it just exploded." Then we watched it on TV for the rest of the day. I really liked this teacher, but I always thought the way he told us was a little inappropriate.

That was such a tragic event, and it really affected my hometown, which is heavily involved in the space industry. I also remember feeling bad for the families of the astronauts, as I felt that Christa Macauliffe received so much more attention than tha astronauts did.

LIAngel · January 2011

krissyh21:
And yes, now I feel old that I was in high school and all of you were in second and third grade lol

Don't feel old. I was in a high school too. I was a Freshman then, and we saw it in 6th period English class. The Art teacher in our school had applied to be the teacher in Space and may have even made it to the finals. Ironically enough when the Space Shuttle launched again a few years later, I was back in 6th period English class.

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