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Remembering the Challenger Disaster. On January 28, 1986, the tenth mission of the space shuttle Challenger ended in tragic disaster. We remember the seven astronauts who lost their lives that day, including Christa McAuliffe, who was chosen by NASA to pioneer its Teacher in Space program.
32 seconds into the flight there was said to be the highest winds ever during a launch. What went wrong during the Challenger Disaster and why was a teacher chosen to go into space? Before it Crashed. NASA launched the spaceship named the Challenger Tuesday January 28, 1986. This would be the Challengers 10th and last mission to space. At 11:38:13 EST 73 seconds into the flight the 7 members were killed in the traumatic crash. Right away a team of employees were ordered to pick up debris and to find lost pieces.