re: 29 years ago today: Space Shuttle Challenger exploded

I was on a field trip at Stennis and watched it live with my class. Needless to say, that kind of put a damper on the rest of the field trip.

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we watched it on tv in our classroom....along with pretty much every other classroom in the U.S.

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yep, but I was a little older

I was in 4th grade, and we watched it live. My teacher at the time was friends with the female astronaut (name...name...). She had talked about how excited she was to see her friend's great accomplishment. She broke down and cried like a baby in the middle of the class. It was so sad...