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  2. Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - Wikipedia

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    III-97 A tree for each astronaut was planted in NASA's Astronaut Memorial Grove at the Johnson Space Center, along with trees for each astronaut from the Apollo 1 and Columbia disasters. [77] Seven asteroids were named after the crew members: 3350 Scobee , 3351 Smith , 3352 McAuliffe , 3353 Jarvis , 3354 McNair , 3355 Onizuka , and 3356 Resnik .

  3. List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    The first African-American astronaut, selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, was killed when his F-104 Starfighter jet crashed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, while practicing a series of high speed, quick descent landings with Major Harvey Royer as pilot in command. Both crewmen ejected; Royer survived with ...

  4. STS-51-L - Wikipedia

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    No official investigation into the Challenger disaster has determined the cause of death of the astronauts; it is almost certain that the explosion itself did not kill the entire crew as 3 of the 4 Personal Egress Air Packs (PEAPs) that were recovered had been manually activated. This would only be done during an emergency or loss of cabin ...

  5. Space shuttle Challenger explosion: Looking back at tragedy ...

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    The space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, a tragedy that hit close to home in Akron, which lost city native and astronaut Judith Resnik. The space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, a ...

  6. Astronauts Nicole Stott and Charles Bolden Each Recall the ...

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    The 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion is a tragedy that defined a generation.. Across the United States, both students and adults took time out of their days on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986 ...

  7. Christa McAuliffe - Wikipedia

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    Sharon Christa McAuliffe (née Corrigan; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload specialist.

  8. The space shuttle was revolutionary for its time. What went ...

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    And two disasters — the Challenger explosion in 1986 and the loss of Columbia in 2003 — cost the lives of 14 astronauts. The Columbia disaster: Looking back ...

  9. Ronald McNair - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was an American NASA astronaut and physicist.He died at the age of 35 during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, in which he was serving as one of three mission specialists in a crew of seven.