86K views · 1.7K reactions | "It is the worst disaster in the history of the American space program." ABC News coverage from this day in 1986, when seven astronauts died as the space shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. https://abcn.ws/310q57b | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir | Facebook

236K views · 1.3K reactions | Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after launch. Today we remember seven crew members whose lives were taken during the disaster. | WESH 2 News | Facebook

633K views · 3K reactions | FROM THE ARCHIVES: Today marks 33 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all seven crew members on board. “It happened just over one minute into flight,” NBC’s Dan Molina reported that day on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. “From mission control: silence.” | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas | Facebook