Remembering the Challenger Seven

Pictured on Sunday, a wreath was placed on the Space Shuttle Challenger memorial in Little Tokyo’s Weller Court by the Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Board to mark the 35^th anniversary on Jan. 28 of the 1986 disaster that claimed the lives of Onizuka and six crewmates. The monument, which includes a 1/10^th-scale model of the Challenger and a plaque honoring Onizuka, was dedicated in 1990. (J.K. YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo)