"On this day in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, [View all]

leading to the tragic deaths of its seven crew members. Included in the seven were mission specialist Judith Resnik and teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first women to die in space flight. Resnik was the first Jewish woman in space and the second American woman astronaut, while McAuliffe would have become the first teacher in space. Here they are speaking with reporters at the Kennedy Space Center days before the launch."




From Ms. Magazine