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Teacher: 'I feel connected to McAuliffe's aspirations'

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Shawna Gallagher Vega, a social studies teacher, talked about McAuliffe with the Raycom News Network and how her legacy lives on through ordinary Americans who do extraordinary things.

Reagan: Astronauts touched 'the face of God'

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At 5 p.m. EST on Jan. 28, 1986, President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation from the Oval Office about the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger that morning with the following words: "The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives."

Goldin: Continue bold tradition of exploration and innovation

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Former NASA administrator Daniel S. Goldin released the following statement Jan. 16, 1996 in observance of the 10th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger explosion: