Seven died (explosion January 1986.)
Yes, all seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger died when it exploded shortly after launch on January 28, 1986.
The astronauts who died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986, were Francis R. Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe.
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There were seven astronauts onboard the space shuttle Challenger when it tragically exploded shortly after its launch on January 28, 1986.
No astronauts have died on the moon. All astronauts who have traveled to the moon returned safely to Earth.
Yes, all seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger died when it exploded shortly after launch on January 28, 1986.
The astronauts who died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986, were Francis R. Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe.
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Seven. The max crew is eight.
There were seven astronauts onboard the space shuttle Challenger when it tragically exploded shortly after its launch on January 28, 1986.
No astronauts have died on the moon. All astronauts who have traveled to the moon returned safely to Earth.
Seven astronauts died in the Challenger disaster on the 28th of January 1986. They were Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis and Judith Resnik. Seven astronauts died in the Columbia disaster on the 1st of February 2003. They were Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, Ilan Ramon, Kalpana Chawla, David M. Brown and Laurel Clark.
Nobody knows who died first in the accident. Even if it was, NASA would most likely not release the information out of respect for the astronauts and their families.
Here is a full list of all deaths associated with NASA's space program: http://www.airsafe.com/events/space/astrofat.htm
As of October 2023, more than 350 American astronauts have traveled to space. Tragically, 16 astronauts have lost their lives during space missions or training accidents, including the Challenger disaster in 1986 and the Columbia disaster in 2003. These events underscored the inherent risks of space exploration.
Seven died (CHALLENGER mission explosion January 1986.) The last two members of the Challenger crew were not officially Federal government employees.
They didn't die during the blowup, they died when the part that they were in hit the water so hard that anybody could survive-