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30 years ago, on the 28th January 1986, family members and supporters gathered at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida as NASA's Challenger space shuttle prepared for take off. This flight was to be a historic one - it marked the first time a schoolteacher had ever been sent into space. But just over a minute after the launch, the shuttle broke apart in the sky killing all seven people on board. One of those who died that day was the Commander of the shuttle, Dick Scobee. Newsday's Nkem Ifejika has been speaking to his widow, and founder of the Challenger Centre, June Scobee Rodgers. (Picture: Space Shuttle Challenger crew members / Credit: NASA/Getty Images)