what are the names of the astronauts who died on the space shuttle challenger
After Challenger, shuttle flights were on hold for almost three years to 1988. The shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003, also had reminded Americans of the Challenger explosion during liftoff 17 years earlier. The shuttle Challenger flight STS-51L crew members who died January 28, 1986. In the back row, from left, mission specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher in Space Participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis and Mission specialist Judy Resnik.