Soccer Ball That Survived Challenger Explosion Returns To High School It Came From
Ellison Onizuka was one of the seven NASA astronauts who died in the 1986 space shuttle explosion. His daughter's high school soccer team gave him the ball to take on the mission.
A soccer ball that survived the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger has completed a long journey — including a trip to the International Space Station — back to the high school where it came from.
One of the seven astronauts who died in the explosion was Ellison Onizuka, the first Asian-American in space. His daughter’s high school soccer team had given him the ball to take on the mission.
(), features producer for ESPN’s “E:60,” tells ‘s Jeremy Hobson
