Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

October 30, 1985

Schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe watches a successful launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger after being selected to join a later mission in January 1986, which would ultimately end in disaster. McAuliffe and all 6 other members of the Challenger crew were killed when the rocket disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff. McAuliffe would have been the first teacher in space.

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