Glenn High School - Glenn Echoes Yearbook (Kernersville, NC)

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lt went in a flash and a ball of fire on January 28 1986 In that minute the seven astronauts who dared to go to another world and another time simply disappeared with no screams the American astronauts aboard the Challenger who lost their lives in a giant step of human ingenuity The actual explosion took place 73 seconds into the flight after an explosion of fuel in the external tank spread to the un derslde of the shuttle As NA SA s aspirations for this flight went up in smoke America wept nauts Judith Resmk Ellison Om zuka Michael Smith Francis Scobee Gregory Jarvis Ronald lVlcNa1r and school teacher Christa McAuliffe The loss of these seven and a S14 billion space shuttle rocked America It touched everyone in their most vunerable spot fear But despite the tears fears and what ifs space travel cannot be deserted We this dream is what they died for As expressed by Mrs Briggs This was indeed a trag edy But it is a risk of science Whenever you experiment there is always a margin of er A S B TRANSMISSIO 2350 Old Lexington Road Winston Salem, NC 27107 784 4912 Bruce Jones, Owner Good Luck Bobcats Postage Paid ror We can t let that margin of error stop us from discovering lt is a great tragedy yes but also an incentive to try harder and reach higher The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger made the country stop and think Americas mnocent view of space travel is gone rx. We Specialize ln: 4 Wheel Drives Front Wheel Drives i S I l l I . l I fltlel' and no explanations. They were Atroard the flight were astro- cannot disappoint the astrohauts saddened everyone, but also I I 1 0 I I Q O I I . I I 0 I I Q 0

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Memorial ot' Honor. Showing respect, reverence, and sorrow for the seven astronauts of the Challenger, flags all over the United States were flown at half-mass, i U.S. Dreams - Up In Smoke! 73 seconds after liftoft' on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger erupted into an awesome mass of smoke and flames. The Heart of a Nation! Touched by a United States tragedy, Glenn juniors watch a televised memorial service to the astronauts of the Challenger, C ongra tula tlons ,i w if N Class O 19861 1 ez ll Tl ' LIO TV S APPLIANCE m,tll2i5A'5, it RENTALS No Credit Checks' A' 2803 Waughtown St 4 T Winston Salem, NC sv fe T vas-3830 'r .,x- 1 -nr ,Q QE4 ' ll Martin Teague --- Manager s g! Postage Paid