35th anniversary of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger

Dmitry Markov · 02-03-21, 09:44 AM

I was 6 years old and we were living in a small town in a western part of Russia - and I remember we were watching evening news on TV when they showed Challenger disaster. At those times we, Soviet kids, were keen on space exploration - lots of magazines, books, even tabletop games - and for me as a little kid watching such a tragedy was a deep impact. They've told about Christa McAuliffe being a teacher and that only worsened things for my heart 'cause you know when you are six or seven - a teacher is a figure like a parent... So yes - that's something I would definitely remember ((
Personally, I don't think about crews of Soyuz-1, Soyuz-11, Apollo-1, Challenger and Columbia as of Americans or Russians, but rather as of ambassadors of humankind into space.

02-03-21, 09:44 AM	#27
Dmitry Markov Officer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Moscow, Russian Federation Posts: 236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was 6 years old and we were living in a small town in a western part of Russia - and I remember we were watching evening news on TV when they showed Challenger disaster. At those times we, Soviet kids, were keen on space exploration - lots of magazines, books, even tabletop games - and for me as a little kid watching such a tragedy was a deep impact. They've told about Christa McAuliffe being a teacher and that only worsened things for my heart 'cause you know when you are six or seven - a teacher is a figure like a parent... So yes - that's something I would definitely remember (( Personally, I don't think about crews of Soyuz-1, Soyuz-11, Apollo-1, Challenger and Columbia as of Americans or Russians, but rather as of ambassadors of humankind into space. __________________ Большому кораблю - большая торпеда!