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Crew members of the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51 who tragically lost their lives when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after launch on January 28, 1986
Front Row (left to right):: Pilot Michael J. Smith:, CommanderFrancis R. "Dick" Scobee, Mission SpecialistRonald E. McNair:
Back Row (left to right): Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Payload Specialist Christina McAuliffe, Payload Specialist Gregory B. Jarvis, Mission Specialist Judith A. Resnik
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STS-51L Crew Back Row: Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Payload Specialists Christa McAuliffe and Gregory B. Jarvis, Mission Specialist Judith A. Resnik, Front Row: Pilot Michael J. Smith, Commander Francis R. Scobee, Mission Specialist Ronald E. McNair.
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Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off from LC-39A for STS-6, on April 4, 1983.
This was her first launch and mission.
NARA: 6366993
Date: August 30, 1983
A powerful electrical storm created an eerie tapestry of light in the skies near Launch Complex 39A in the hours preceding the launch of STS-8 Challenger.
NASA ID: S83-40452, link
STS-7 touching down on runway 15 at Edwards AFB, California on June 24th 1983
Launch of STS-8 Challenger
"NASA's eighth space shuttle launch lights up the Florida sky at 2:32 a.m. (EDT), Aug. 30, 1983. The Challenger's third flight is the first to have its beginnings in darkness. Five astronauts and an assortment of experiments are aboard the reusable vehicle. Crew members are astronauts Richard H. Truly, STS-8 commander; Daniel C. Brandenstein, pilot; and Dale A. Gardner, Guion S. Bluford and William E. Thornton, all mission specialists."
"The night launch of Challenger heading toward its third earth-orbital mission is featured in the official insignia for STS-8. The eighth flight of the United States Space Transportation System is represented by eight stars of the constellation Aquila, 'The Eagle,' Astronauts Richard H. Truly, commander; Daniel C. Brandenstein, pilot; Dale A. Gardner, Guion S. Bluford, and William E. Thornton--all mission specialists--have their sumames on the border of the insignia."
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Date: August 30, 1983
NASA ID: DF-ST-84-05915, S83-39513, S83-39512, S83-40811, DF-SC-84-04222
"The nighttime liftoff of the Space Shuttle Challenger casts a brilliant glow across the marshy Kennedy Space Center (KSC) landscape. This aerial view from west of the vehicle assembly building (VAB) shows the Challenger climbing toward space just after its 2:32 a.m. (EDT) launch to begin the STS-8 mission."
Date: August 30, 1983
NASA ID: S83-39567, KSC-83PC-0606
