The mission’s launch from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, was delayed for six days due to weather and technical problems. The morning of January 28 was unusually cold, and engineers warned their superiors that certain components—particularly the rubber O-rings that sealed the joints of the shuttle’s solid rocket boosters—were vulnerable to failure at low temperatures. However, these warnings went unheeded, and at 11:39 a.m. Challenger lifted off.
In May of 2001, the New England Patriots brought in WRs Charles Johnson and Torrance Small for a tryout and the Yahoo Sports headline was "Patriots To Take A Peek At Small, Johnson".........