Thirty years ago on January 28, seven astronauts were killed when the Challenger space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after launch. One of those seven astronauts was Christa McAuliffe.

It was announced that the Twilight actress would be playing astronaut Sally Ride in a new limited TV series called The Challenger, based on the 2022 Meredith Bagby book, The New Guys: The Historic ...