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51L-10162 (8-9 March 1986) --- View of the left solid rocket booster first piece retrieval #11 (STS-51L space...
S85-25624 (1985) --- Astronaut Gregory B. Jarvis, payload specialist. Photo credit: NASA (NOTE: Since this portrait...
S84-39408 (6 Aug. 1984) --- Astronaut Francis R. Scobee, commander. Photo credit: NASA (NOTE: Astronaut Scobee died...
S86-25196 (January 1986) --- Sharon Christa McAuliffe, STS-51L citizen observer/payload specialist, gets a preview...
S86-25180 (October 1985) --- Sharon Christa McAuliffe, STS-51L citizen observer/payload specialist, representing the...
S85-40174 (5 Sept. 1985) --- In Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Astronaut Office, astronaut Michael J. Smith, STS-51L...
S85-40173 (5 Sept. 1985) --- In Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Astronaut Office, astronaut F. Richard (Dick) Scobee,...
51L-S-029 (28 Jan. 1986) --- Crew members of the STS-51L mission are seated for breakfast launch morning in the...
51L-S-127 (31 Jan. 1986) --- A wide angle lens was used to capture only a portion of the crowd gathered for memorial...
S86-25294 (30 Oct. 1985) --- Barbara R. Morgan and Sharon Christa McAuliffe (right) are pictured during a visit to...
S86-25293 (30 Oct. 1985) --- Barbara R. Morgan and Sharon Christa McAuliffe (right) are pictured during a visit to...
S86-25192 (January 1986) --- Two payload specialists in training for the STS-51L mission, and a payload specialist...
S86-25964 (31 Jan. 1978) --- Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka. Photo credit: NASA (NOTE: Astronaut Onizuka lost his life...
S85-41239 (26 Sept. 1985) --- Astronaut Sharon Christa McAuliffe, payload specialist Teacher in Space Project. NOTE:...
Kathie Scobee Fulgham, Astronauts Memorial Foundation chair and daughter of Challenger astronaut Francis “Dick”...
51L-S-002 (28 Jan. 1986) --- Flight directors Jay H. Greene (foreground) and Alan L. (Lee) Briscoe study data on...
51L-S-156 (28 Jan. 1986) --- The space shuttle Challenger lifted off from Pad 39B Jan. 28, 1986 at 11:38 a.m. (EST)...
S86-30460 (9 Jan. 1986) --- NASA's STS-51L crew members pose for photographs during a break in countdown training at...
S86-25183 (for release January 1986) --- Sharon Christa McAuliffe, STS-51L payload specialist representing the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Former astronaut and Chairman of The Astronauts Memorial Foundation Michael McCulley speaks...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Michael McCulley, former astronaut and chairman of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Former astronaut and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to a crowd...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A wreath is displayed at the foot of the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida will be the...