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Challenger Astronauts Remembered at Florida Memorial

Publication date: 2011-01-28

Topics: What -- Challenger, Where -- Florida, Who -- Dick Scobee

The seven astronauts of space shuttle Challenger's STS-51L mission were honored during a remembrance service at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Jan. 28, the 25th anniversary of the accident. The public service, held at the Space Mirror Memorial, included speakers June Scobee Rodgers, widow of Commander Dick Scobee, and NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations, Bill Gerstenmaier.

Challenger's seven astronauts were lost 73 seconds after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986. The crew members were Commander Francis R. "Dick" Scobee http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/scobee.html, Pilot Michael J. Smith http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/smith-michael.html, Mission Specialists Judith A. Resnik http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/resnik.html, Ellison S. Onizuka http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/onizuka.html, Ronald E. McNair http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mcnair.html, and Payload Specialists Gregory B. Jarvis http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jarvis.html and Sharon Christa McAuliffe http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mcauliffe.html.