RMC Sponsors 30th Anniversary Challenger Dinner

Chapter board members joined hundreds of community and military leaders, astronauts and supporters at the Reaching for Tomorrow dinner to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger tragedy on January 28, 2016. RMC supported the event as a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) sponsor with proceeds benefiting educational programs and space-based mission simulations at the Challenger Learning Center of Colorado Springs. Astronaut Lt. Gen. Susan Helms (Ret.), was the keynote speaker. The highlight of the evening was the unveiling of the American flag carried on board the final Challenger mission. The flag was recovered, intact, from the bottom of the ocean and returned to Boy Scout Troop 514 of Monument, Colorado by astronaut Guy Bluford on December 18, 1986. Scoutmaster Michael Hite and Eagle Scout Seth Hudson presented the flag at the dinner. RMC President, Bob Wright said, "We are proud partners with the Challenger Learning Center in promoting STEM education."

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