I remember in the early 1960's being outside playing and looking up wondering if that astronaut was flying overhead at the moment.
I was in Florida maybe 80 miles south of the Cape for the last couple of Moon shots. I could see them during the ascent stages.
In 1986 I stopped at the Kennedy Space Center for a tour.
Challenger was on the launch pad. The tour bus took us as close as was allowed to the launch pad. A few days later I was watching the launch on TV. We all know what happened then.
