Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. I've topped the windswept heights with easy graceĪnd, while with silent lifting mind I've trod My eager craft through footless halls of air. I've chased the shouting wind along, and flunt You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung Of sun split clouds, - and done a hundred things It happened just over one minute into flight, NBC’s Da. Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all seven crew members on board. This official NASA website offers archives of the 135 space shuttle missions and the ongoing missions of the international space station.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earthĪnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings The back of the marker features the famous aeronautical poem "High Flight," written by Royal Canadian Air Force pilot John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Christa McAuliffe, payload specialist Gregory B. McNair, mission specialist Ellison Onizuka, mission specialist S. On the morning of January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched for the 10th time, beginning mission STS-51-L. The astronauts' faces and names are carved into the memorial marker: Commander Michael J. The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was a fatal incident on January 28, 1986, in the United States space program where the Space Shuttle Challenger. Approximately 400 people attended the dedication ceremony on the morning of March 21, 1987, including Vice President and Mrs. Smith (Section 7A, Grave 208).įamily members and NASA worked together to erect the memorial in Section 46, near Memorial Amphitheater. "Dick" Scobee (Section 46, to the left of the memorial) and Commander Michael J. On May 20, 1986, the comingled cremated remains of the seven Challenger astronauts were buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Section 46, Grave 1129. The Challenger disaster occurred on the 28th January of 1986, when the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger broke apart and disintegrated at 73 seconds into. It took nearly two months to recover the remains from the ocean floor, about 18 miles off the shore of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Here's how the Challenger accident occurred. On January 28, 1986, the nation eagerly awaited the launch of Space Shuttle Challenger, NASAs pride and joy, in an historic flight: its crew included high. Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old social studies teacher from New Hampshire, beat out 11,400 other applicants to win her spot on the Challenger. All of them were killed in the 1986 explosion. On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after takeoff, killing all seven crew members - including high school teacher Christa McAuliffe, who had been selected from among more than 11,000 applicants to become the first teacher in space. 28, 1986, NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff, killing seven astronauts and shocking the world. Bettmann/Getty Images The seven-member crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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