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Challenger Disaster

The accident that occurred on January 28, 1986, resulting in the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and its crew.

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Which crew members were aboard Challenger STS‑51‑L and Columbia STS‑107, and how are they memorialized?

—Francis “Dick” Scobee, , , , , and —perished in the January 28, 1986 accident and are memorialized in museums, plaques, local monuments and educational programs that carry their names . —, William “W...