We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."
Ronald Reagan, quoting from "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
January 28, 1986.
I was three, and barely that. So I don't remember those day's events as they unfolded. But that doesn't mean I'll forget them...
Ronald Reagan, quoting from "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
January 28, 1986.
I was three, and barely that. So I don't remember those day's events as they unfolded. But that doesn't mean I'll forget them...
The crew
Front row, left to right:
Michael J. Smith, Francis "Dick" Scobee, and Ronald McNair
Back row:
Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis,
and Judith Resnik
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