The World Around You reminded me that today is the 18th anniversary of the Challenger explosion.
The Challenger disaster is one of my more vivid memories of that period. I was home at the time–I believe it was a snow day–and I had the radio on. The DJ broke in with a news announcement that there had been an explosion on the shuttle. Initially, I thought it was some minor affair in the payload bay. But when I flipped on the TV, I discovered that tragically that was not the case.