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*On January 28, 1986, the [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff on mission [[STS-51-L]]. All seven crew members — [[Dick Scobee|Francis "Dick" Scobee]], [[Michael J. Smith (astronaut)|Michael J. Smith]], [[Ronald McNair]], [[Gregory Jarvis]], [[Judith Resnik]], [[Ellison Onizuka]], and [[Christa McAuliffe]] — died. Scobee, McNair, Resnik and Onizuka had flown before. McAuliffe was participating via the [[Teacher in Space Project]].
*[[Sonny Carter|M. L. "Sonny" Carter]] died on April 5, 1991, in the crash of [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines]] [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311|Flight 2311]]. Carter was a passenger traveling on NASA business. He had flown on [[STS-33]] and was in training for [[STS-42]] at the time.
*On February 1, 2003, the [[Space Shuttle Columbia]] disintegrated on re-entry at the end of mission [[STS-107]] due to damage during ascent. The crew was [[Rick D. Husband]], [[William C. McCool]], [[David M. Brown]], [[Kalpana Chawla]], [[Michael P. Anderson]], [[Laurel Clark]] and [[Ilan Ramon]]. Husband, Chawla and Anderson were veterans. Ilan Ramon was a pilot in the [[Israeli Air Force]].huh
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