Christa McAuliffe
American - ( NASA)
Lost In Flight
Date of Birth: Sept. 2, 1948
Date of Death: Jan. 28, 1986
Sharon Christa McAuliffe (born Sharon Christa Corrigan; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire and one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 28, 1986, 4:38 p.m.
Status: Failure
Mission:
The tenth mission for Challenger, STS-51-L was scheduled to deploy the second in a series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, carry out the first flight of the Shuttle-Pointed Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN-203) / Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable in order to observe Halley's Comet, and carry out several lessons from space as part of the Teacher in Space Project and Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP).
Low Earth Orbit
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-16
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Soyuz 2.1a
Soyuz MS-24
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanSoyuz MS-24 carried two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in K…
Firefly Alpha
FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX)
Space Launch Complex 2W - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAThird flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying a payload for the US Department of Defense.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 7-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Atlas V 551
NROL-107 (Silent Barker)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAClassified space situational awareness (SSA) payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
