TY - BOOK AU - Naujokaitis,Pranas T. TI - The Challenger disaster: tragedy in the skies T2 - History comics SN - 9781250174307 U1 - 363.12/4 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - First Second KW - Challenger (Spacecraft) KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - sears KW - Space vehicle accidents KW - Accidents KW - Comics (Graphic works) KW - lcgft KW - Nonfiction comics KW - Educational comics KW - Creative nonfiction N1 - School Library Journal starred, September 2020; Kirkus Review, September 2020; 4.8; 3-6; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 4.8; 2.0; 512309; BR N2 - ". . . turn the clock back to January 28, 1986. Seven astronauts boarded the space shuttle Challenger on what would be a routine mission. All eyes and cameras were on crew member Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher, who was set to become the first private citizen in space. Excitement filledthe air as the clock counted down to lift off. But at T-plus seventy-three seconds after launch, the unthinkable happened . . . What caused the midair explosion? In Pranas T. Naujokaitis's . . . tale, set in a far-off future, a group of curious kids investigate the hard questions surrounding the Challenger explosion"--Provided by the publisher ER -