A collection of work from students in Brevard County Schools, Florida in response to the Challenger Disaster. The Challenger was special to the schools because it carried the teacher Christa McAuliffe. Teachers and students watched as history was being made. Then a minute and seven seconds the last words "Go for throttle up . . . . " ". . . altitude nine nautical miles, sixteen nautical miles down range . . . . " Just a bit over a minute and the students became witness to a horrific part of space history. The book was put together by the Brevard Federation of Teachers. It was the teachers that stood side by side with the students with such pride that one of their own was heading into space. The teachers that had to find a way to explain to the children what they saw. The teachers that had to hold back their own sorrow and move on with the day. The works here were part understanding and facing the grief shows a child's hope for carrying on the drive to explore.
