The Challenger Learning Center is asking the community to honor its namesake as 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle tragedy.
The center has several events focused on revisiting the history of the shuttle’s explosion and teaching the lessons of what happened to a new generation.
“These are seminal moments in this country’s history that changed the way we think about something (and) this case really changed the way we thought about space,” Challenger Learning Center Director Alan Hanstein said…