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Space Shuttle CHALLENGER — STS-51L
Challenger and her crew were lost 73 seconds after liftoff on 28 January 1986.
The STS-51L crewmembers are: in the back row from left to right:
• Mission Specialist LTCOL Ellison S. Onizuka, USAF,
♥ Teacher in Space Participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe,
• Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis,
• Mission Specialist Dr. Judy Resnik.
In the front row from left to right:
• Challenger Pilot CAPT MIKE SMITH, USN, USNA '67,
• Mission Commander Dick Scobee,
• Mission Specialist Dr. Ron McNair.
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Space Shuttle COLUMBIA — STS-107
Columbia and her crew were lost during reentry on 1 February 2003,
16 minutes before landing.
The STS-107 crew includes, from the left,
• Mission Specialist CAPT David Brown, MD, USN*,
• Mission Commander COL Rick Husband, USAF,
• Mission Specialist CAPT Laurel Clark, MD, USN,
• Mission Specialist Dr. Kalpana Chawla,
• Mission Specialist LTCOL Michael Anderson, USAF,
• Columbia Pilot CDR WILLIAM McCOOL, USN, USNA '83,
• Payload Specialist COL Ilan Ramon, Israeli Air Force.
* CAPT Brown was a Flight Surgeon and a Navy Pilot (A6, F18, T38)!
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