Challenger space shuttle claimed 7 lives 40 years ago Former shuttle astronaut and teacher Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger joins 'Fox & Friends' on the 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Forty years to the day since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, a former astronaut and teacher recounted watching the launch as a child and reflected on why she still chose to fly years later in a new Fox Nation documentary that pays tribute to the crew