{"id":65396,"date":"2025-01-29T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=65396"},"modified":"2025-01-30T08:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T13:56:43","slug":"dr-june-scobee-rodgers-visits-utc-challenger-center-on-anniversary-of-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/dr-june-scobee-rodgers-visits-utc-challenger-center-on-anniversary-of-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. June Scobee Rodgers visits UTC Challenger Center on anniversary of tragedy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_65397\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"794\" data-attachment-id=\"65397\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/dr-june-scobee-rodgers-visits-utc-challenger-center-on-anniversary-of-tragedy\/img_8379\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_8379-e1738244742641.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,794\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 13&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1738063679&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;1.54&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8379\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_8379-e1738244742641-1024x635.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-65397 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_8379-e1738244742641.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. June Scobee Rodgers poses with third-grade students at the UTC Challenger STEM Learning Center. Photo courtesy of Lisa Vernal.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_8379-e1738244742641.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_8379-e1738244742641-1024x635.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_8379-e1738244742641-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_8379-e1738244742641-800x496.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_8379-e1738244742641-580x360.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_8379-e1738244742641-610x378.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_8379-e1738244742641-1536x952.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_8379-e1738244742641-2048x1270.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. June Scobee Rodgers poses with third-grade students at the UTC Challenger STEM Learning Center. Photo courtesy of Lisa Vernal.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thirty-nine years ago, on Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger tragically exploded, taking the lives of all seven crew members on board. Among them was Commander Francis R. \u201cDick\u201d Scobee.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To commemorate the anniversary, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. June Scobee Rodgers, widow of Commander Scobee and founding chair of the Challenger Center, visited the Challenger STEM Learning Center at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\u2014one of 33 Challenger Centers worldwide<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2014on Tuesday, Jan. 28.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">During her visit, Rodgers watched local elementary school students participate in simulated space missions and STEM activities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rob Lein, exploration specialist at the UTC Challenger <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">STEM Learning<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Center, said Rodgers shared her story with a group of third graders on a field trip.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt was an incredibly special day,\u201d Lein said. \u201cWe are so blessed to be able to share that experience with Miss June.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">He also reflected on the personal significance of the Challenger disaster.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI was <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">8<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> years old, watching in the gym of my school,\u201d he said. \u201cIt had such a big impact on my life.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rodgers expressed gratitude for visiting the UTC Challenger Center\u2014especially because it\u2019s in her hometown.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe Challenger families joined me in 1986 to create an opportunity for students to know the astronauts, our loved ones who lost their lives on that tragic day,\u201d Rodgers said. \u201cBut even more important was to create an opportunity for students to explore STEM fields on a space mission of their own.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt makes me happier than sad to watch the students and hear their shouts of joy for a successful simulated mission to the moon or Mars.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">She said the children she spoke to were courteous and thoughtful in their questions after hearing her story.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI was pleased to meet them,\u201d she said. \u201cThey all told me their names after hearing my name. How delightful and ever so rewarding to watch them in action. They cheered me up. I was truly rewarded by my visit with the students and staff at the UTC Challenger Center.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn more<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/admissions\/visit\">Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/health-education-and-professional-studies\/challenger-stem-learning-center\">UTC Challenger STEM Learning Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-nine years ago, on Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger tragically exploded, taking the lives of all seven crew members on board. Among them was Commander Francis R. \u201cDick\u201d Scobee.\u00a0To commemorate the anniversary, Dr. June Scobee Rodgers, widow of Commander Scobee and founding chair of the Challenger Center, visited the Challenger STEM Learning Center at UTC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/dr-june-scobee-rodgers-visits-utc-challenger-center-on-anniversary-of-tragedy\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2000,"featured_media":65397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,15,4926,56,3,122493,205,7712],"tags":[12793,4957,123828,124776,123530],"class_list":{"0":"post-65396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus","8":"category-challenger-stem-learning-center","9":"category-college-of-health-education-and-professional-studies","10":"category-community","11":"category-education","12":"category-engagement","13":"category-faculty-and-staff","14":"category-news","15":"tag-challenger-center","16":"tag-june-scobee-rodgers","17":"tag-leveraging-our-special-place-as-chattanoogas-university","18":"tag-mocs-learn-mocs-do-mocs-lead","19":"tag-rob-lein","20":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr. June Scobee Rodgers visits UTC Challenger Center on anniversary of tragedy\u00a0 | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thirty-nine years ago, on Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger tragically exploded, taking the lives of all seven crew members on board. 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