Barbara Morgan and Christa McAuliffe watch the STS 61-A launch of Challenger
S86-25294 (30 Oct. 1985) --- Barbara R. Morgan and Sharon Christa McAuliffe (right) are pictured during a visit to NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 39 to witness the launch of the space shuttle Challenger. McAuliffe is scheduled to launch aboard the space shuttle Challenger, STS-51L mission, herself early next year as the United States? first in-space citizen observer. Morgan is the backup for the Teacher-in-Space Project?s payload specialist position. The photo was taken by Keith Meyers of the New York Times. EDITOR?S NOTE: The STS-51L crew members lost their lives in the space shuttle Challenger accident moments after launch on Jan. 28, 1986 from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Photo credit: NASA
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- 1986-01-09
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- NASA Image and Video Library
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- photograph
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"Barbara Morgan and Christa McAuliffe watch the STS 61-A launch of Challenger" (1986-01-09). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/S86-25294Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 86342.
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