Texas Day by Day
On this day in Texas history…
Catastrophic explosion kills Texas astronaut and her colleagues
January 28th, 1986
On this day in 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff. Seven American astronauts were killed, including Texas resident Judith Arlene Resnik. She was the second American woman astronaut. She had taken her first space flight in August 1984 aboard the orbiter Discovery.
