January 28, 1986
36 years ago today, we lost Space Shuttle Challenger
73 seconds into its flight, catastrophic solid rocket booster failure, killing all seven crew members aboard. The crew consisted of five NASA astronauts, and two payload specialists.
USAF Lieutenant Colonel. Francis R. Scobee, Commander
USN Captain. Michael J. Smith, Pilot
Physicist. Ronald McNair, Mission Specialist
USAF Colonel. Ellison Onizuka, Mission Specialist
Engineer. Judith Resnik, Mission Specialist
Engineer. Gregory Jarvis, Payload Specialist
Teacher, Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist, Teacher
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