A portion of a plaque laid at the Astronaut's memorial at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., that honors the seven astronauts who died aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986.FRANCIS R. (DICK) SCOBEE was a retired Air Force leutenant colonel and commander of STS-51L mission. He was born May 19, 1939, in Cle Elum, Washington and is survived by his wife, June, and two children.MICHAEL J. SMITH, a Navy captain, was pilot of the Challenger. He was born April 30, 1945, in Beaufort, North Carolina. He is survived by his wife, Jane, and three children.RONALD E. MCNAIR, Ph.D, was one of three mission specialists on the Challenger. He was born in Lake City, South Carolina, on October 21, 1950. He is survived by his wife Cheryl and two children.ELLISON S. ONIZUKA, a USAF colonel, was the second mission specialist aboard STS-51L. He was born June 24, 1946, in Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by his wife, Lorna, and two daughters.JUDY RESNIK, Ph.D. was the third mission specialist. She was born April 5, 1949, in Akron, Ohio. Was was unmarried.GREGORY B. JARVIS was a mission specialist on the Challenger. He was born in Detroit on August 24, 1944. He is survived by his wife, Marcia.S. CHRISTA McAULIFFE, was a payload specialist and NASA's first teacher in space participant. She was born September 2, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts. She is survived by husband Steven and two children.
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A portion of a plaque laid at the Astronaut's memorial at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., that honors the seven astronauts who died aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986.
