What were the previous catastrophic disasters in the U.S. space program?
On Jan. 28, 1986, the Challenger exploded shortly after launch, killing all seven astronauts aboard: Christa McAuliffe, Francis “Dick” Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, Ronald E. McNair and Gregory B. Jarvis. On Jan. 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died when a fire swept their command module during a ground test at Kennedy Space Center. — Compiled by Times staff writer Curtis Krueger and researcher John Martin and includes information from Associated Press, Scripps-Howard and the New York Times.
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