Seven astronauts were lost on the space shuttle Columbia 20 years ago. Like 19 others, the STS-107 crew made the ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of exploration.
Alabama Public Radio is celebrating forty years on the air in 2022. The APR news team is diving into our archives to bring you encore airings of the best of our coverage. That includes this story from 2019. APR observed the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 manned moon landing with a series of reports. APR news director Pat Duggins reports on the sacrifice one family made to ensure the “one small step” on the moon. Here’s that story from the APR archives