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The author of The Burning Blue, excerpted here, finds lessons in the tragedy
by Christina Ianzito, AARP, January 28, 2021 |
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It s been 35 years since that horrible day when the Challenger space shuttle exploded over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people aboard, including Christa McAuliffe, who trained for months to become the first teacher in space. The whole world saw their fiery end in real time, including her students in Concord, New Hampshire, and her own children.
We talked to Kevin Cook, 64, author of
The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA s Challenger Disaster, to be released on June 8 (see an excerpt from the book below), about what struck him as the central tragedy of the story.