130K views · 887 reactions | On Jan. 28, 1986 — hours after the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after its launch — President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation. “We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth’ to ‘touch the face of God,'” Reagan said about the seven crew members who died. | PBS NewsHour | Facebook