Twenty-five years ago, exactly

[major_clanger]

January 28th, 1986, 16:39 GMT

Comments

[uitlander]

Yeah. I remember hearing it on the radio, walking out of my college room in shock and telling people :-( Horrible way to die.

[frostfox.livejournal.com]

We pray for one last landing
On the globe that gave us birth;
Let us rest our eyes on the friendly skies
And the cool, green hills of Earth.

FF

[gaspode.livejournal.com]

The launch was live on News Round so we were watching it as it happened - I was talkig to my then GF on the phone at the time and dropped into a shocked silence .. possibly my Kennedy moment ...

[alex-holden.livejournal.com]

That would explain why I have a vague memory of seeing it live (I was five).

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

I remember watching it - probably live on Newsround after school, since they'd been following Christa McAuliffe.

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

RAF Honington Officers' Mess. I think a group of us were having tea when someone told us and we all went to a TV room and pretty much stayed there.

[daveon.livejournal.com]

I think I got home from school just after it happened and caught the repeats, probably about 5:45, I think they'd cut to news early.

[murphys-lawyer.livejournal.com]

It's half a lifetime ago for me; and I'll never forget it.

[frandowdsofa.livejournal.com]

I was on my own in our flat in Madison, watching on the TV. I remember phoning people at work to tell them.

[j-lj.livejournal.com]

I remember waching it live on Newsround, shocking moment.