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The explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on 28 January 1986 is an event seared into the memory of people all over the world. In a new book, Adam Higginbotham gives a compelling account of how, in his words, America’s “smartest minds … unwittingly sent seven men and women to their deaths.” One of those women, famously, was Christa McAuliffe who was supposed to become the first Teacher in Space.
By ABCThe explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on 28 January 1986 is an event seared into the memory of people all over the world. In a new book, Adam Higginbotham gives a compelling account of how, in his words, America’s “smartest minds … unwittingly sent seven men and women to their deaths.” One of those women, famously, was Christa McAuliffe who was supposed to become the first Teacher in Space.

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