Back in 1985

I was a freshman in college at that time.  I wasn't totally following this back then even though as a child, I remembered wanting to be an astronaut ( I guess we all once dreamed to be astronauts as children).  But I heard about the tragic news.  But it wasn't like the internet was already widely accessible those days, meaning that once you missed it on the news, chances are you won't be seeing it anymore unless there will be updates.

Here in the website, Letters of Note, this post  I am excited about going into space, is a letter from one of those people who was fortunately chosen to go into training and board the Space Shuttle Challenger.  They went into training back in 1985.  They made it, but sadly, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after take-off.

The Challenger Shuttle Crew
Back row, from left: mission specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher in Space Participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis and Mission specialist Judy Resnik.
Front row, from left: Pilot Mike Smith, Commander Dick Scobee, and Mission specialist Ron McNair.

Christa McAuliffe, the one who wrote the letter back in 1985 is in the picture together with the rest of the space shuttle crew.

For a story about the space shuttle Challenger, click here.