The Challenger Crew
January 28, 1986
Americans watched, horrified, as the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger exploded and broke apart just 73 seconds into its flight. Its seven crew members were killed.
The crew consisted of: Payload Specialist Gregory Jarvis; Astronaut Judith A. Resnik, Mission Specialist; Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, Mission Commander; Ronald E. McNair, Mission Specialist; Mike J. Smith, Pilot; Ellison S. Onizuka, Mission Specialist, and Teacher-in-Space Payload Specialist Sharon Christa McAuliffe.
Here’s the crew, all smiles, as they prepare to board the doomed shuttle.
