On This Day 1986: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

Today in 1986, tragedy struck as the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded seventy-three seconds into its flight. Looking on was one of our HistoryMakers, aerospace engineer and military officer Charles F. Bolden, Jr. who had just returned from his own space flight on the Space Shuttle Columbia. Bolden would go on to be inducted into NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Hall of Fame in 2006. Bolden was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on August 28, 2012, and when asked about his fi