The Challenger shuttle joined the NASA fleet in July 1982. Before the disaster on January 28, 1986, Challenger made 9 successful flights that totaled in 96 days and 987 orbits in space.
Image: NASA, "Liftoff of the Shuttle Challenger for STS 51-L Mission" (2015). Challenger STS-51-L Image Collection. 5.
http://digitalcommons.framingham.edu/challenger_images/5
Crew members are (left to right, front row) astronauts Michael J. Smith, Francis R. (Dick) Scobee and Ronald E. McNair; Ellison S. Onizuka, S. Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis and Judith A. Resnik.
Image: NASA, "Challenger Crew Group Photo" (2015). Challenger STS-51-L Image Collection. 13.
http://digitalcommons.framingham.edu/challenger_images/13
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