I remember we were in Mrs. Woods 7th grade math class room 304. Christa McCauliffe was going to be the first teacher in space. Ther was a huge deal surrounding it because if iI remember right she hailed from Illinois. For this specail event Dr. Barbara H. Valerious Phd. (Pricipal) decided to broadcast the launch over the schools intercom system. We were all so excited as we able to close those math books and just listen. Then the count down began "5, 4, 3, 2, 1, main engine start and we have lift off as the first teacher Christa McCaullife is lifted to outerspace".  The classroom erupted into cheers and a short time later maybe 90 seconds I cant remember "Oh know  somthing has just gone terribly wrong, it appears that Shuttle Challenger had just exploded" then it was cut off the intercom system as a 13 year old my class room was mortified girls in tears, thats the way I remembered it how about you?