Going along Memorial Drive into Montpelier, the capital of Vermont, it may easy to overlook a small black-and-grey stone sitting next to an intersection. But a closer look yields something unexpected: an image of the space shuttle Challenger, located in a state with few connections to NASA or the space industry. The monument is part of a small, forgotten park built to honor the astronauts lost when the space shuttle crashed in 1986. The park’s central feature, a small, stone monument, sits in the middle of the park. Etched into a…
