Jan 28, 1986: the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster took place. #80s I will always remember where I was when I watched it happen. Do you remember where you were when it happened? pic.twitter.com/C7Tnbj3fRE

— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) January 28, 2024

[I was working mid-crew in Iwakuni, Japan, and listening to Forced Entertainment Network Radio. Came in from the hangar deck halfway through the discussion. We all thought they were rehashing the Grissom-Chaffee-White disaster, until someone finally repeated what had just happened an hour previously. Horrible. Especially when they found out later it didn’t have to happen. Corner cutting is deadly. ~ Beege]