#ThisIsBeijing: The City of the Future. For the future, Beijing leads the way, driven by the dual wheels of culture and technology. This City of the Future, brimming with hope, is opening itself to the world and creating infinite possibilities. | Beijing Daily

35 YEARS LATER: On this day in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board. The Challenger broke apart at 11:39 a.m., falling into the Atlantic Ocean. Investigators would later discover the disaster was caused by the failure of an “O ring” seal in one of the two solid-fuel rockets. As a result of the horrific accident, NASA did not send astronauts into space for more than two years as it redesigned a number of space shuttle features for improv