Christa McAuliffe

Christa McAuliffe

female, deceased (1986)
Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, better known simply as Christa McAuliffe, and prior to her marriage, Christa Corrigan, was an American teacher...
Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman

male, deceased (1988) (FAR ROCKAWAY, New York, United States)
Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of...
Judith Resnik

Judith Resnik

female, deceased (1986)
Dr. Judith Arlene Resnik was an American astronaut who died at the age of 36 in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during the launch of the...
Michael J. Smith

Michael J. Smith

male, deceased (1986)
Michael John Smith, usually known as Mike Smith was an American astronaut, pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the...
Jay Greene

Jay Greene

male
Jay Greene is a retired NASA engineer. He worked as a flight controller during the Apollo Program and was a flight director from 1982 to 1986, most...

Steven J. McAuliffe

male, 61 years old
Steven J. McAuliffe (born 1948, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American attorney and judge, currently Chief Judge of the United States District...

Joseph F. Sutter

male
Joseph F. Sutter was a design engineer and project manager for Boeing. He became engineering manager for the early versions of the Boeing 747 Jumbo...
William R. Lucas

William R. Lucas

male
William R. Lucas (born March 1, 1922) was the fourth Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. He served as director from June 15, 1974 to...
Naoko Yamazaki

Naoko Yamazaki

female, 38 years old
Naoko Yamazaki is the second Japanese woman to qualify as an astronaut. The first was Chiaki Mukai. Yamazaki was born Naoko Sumino in Matsudo,...