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S85-44253 --- Five astronauts and two payload specialists made
up the crew that flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in
January 1986. Crewmembers were (left to right, front row) astronauts
Michael J. Smith, Francis R. (Dick) Scobee and Ronald E. McNair;
and Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis
and Judith A. Resnik. McAuliffe and Jarvis were payload specialists,
representing the Teacher in Space Project and Hughes Co., respectively.
On Jan. 28, 1986, the seven Challenger crewmembers lost their
lives following an explosion during the launch phase of the
STS-51L mission. |
