# Francis R Scobee ~ commander # Gregory B Jarvis # Ronald E McNair # Ellison S Onizuka # Judith A Resnik # Michael J Smith # Christa McAuliffe ~ first civilian astronaut (a high school teacher in New Hampshire)
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The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on takeoff in 1986, tragically killing all seven crew members on board.
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Challenger completed 9 missions. It exploded while launching on its 10th mission.
10 times, including the flight when it exploded.
The Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986.
Nine. Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its tenth flight.
There have been two space shuttles that exploded during launch: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
Seven died (explosion January 1986.) The last two members of the Challenger crew were not officially Federal government employees.
There were seven astronauts onboard the space shuttle Challenger when it tragically exploded shortly after its launch on January 28, 1986.
Only one space shuttle exploded during takeoff. That shuttle was the Challenger, which exploded on January 28, 1986. The only other space shuttle to be destroyed was the Columbia, which disintegrated on reentry on February 1, 2003.
The spaceshuttle Challenger compeleted 9 missions before 1986. On her 10th mission the Challenger exploded in January of 1986, due to a o- ring problem.