Shuttle mission STS-41-B. View the profiles of people named Scott Corrigan. had such a significant impact on the nation. He went on to study physics at MIT, where he specialized in quantum Ellison S. Onizuka, was the last of the three mission specialists. The other woman on board, Judith A. Resnik, 36, was one of the four astronauts on the flight crew who had already taken shuttle flights. flight test officer and later as chief of the engineering support Morgan was invited to speak Thursday at Rodgers request. During this 'I can say to emulate how she was, would be a service to these kids for sure.'. Jarvis had twice been bumped from shuttle missions. on orbiter test and checkout teams and launch support crews at Son of Christa McAuliffe Leads Tributes to Lives Lost on 30th Anniversary of Challenger Explosion. Associated Press For the family, 'it's like it's just happened, which in a way keeps Dick Scobee young in our hearts, and the joy and excitement he had for flying.'. married Cheryl B. Moore of Brooklyn, New York, and they later He also participated in At 8:35 a.m., Christa McAuliffe crawled through the Challenger hatch, her foot disappearing last. But just 73 seconds after the launch, the shuttle exploded in the sky making a trail of smoke into the ocean. It was her study of the 18th century women who crossed America in Conestoga wagons that inspired her to apply for the space trip, she said last July. Scott and his sister are now in their 30s. program, leading popular attention as a result. Christa McAuliffe's son, Scott, attended with his own own family. O'Keefe also paid tribute to the three astronauts of Apollo 1 who died in a launch pad fire on Jan. 27, 1967. Sharon Christa McAuliffe (September 2, 1948 - January 28. It was a thrilling thing, on that crisp, cold day, to see the takeoff in person, standing among the families of the shuttle crew. Also Thursday, students at Concord High will hold a moment of silence, writing about their dreams as part of a 'Reach for the Stars' assignment and listening to discussions about McAuliffe. died tragically in the explosion of their spacecraft during the This was the first visible sign that a breach in the booster's joint may have occurred. McAuliffe attended Framingham State College in her hometown, graduating No. It got me into a whole new area of interest., Of course, NASA suspended the journalist-in-space program after the Challenger disaster before selecting anyone. Neurophysiology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, pilot, the position he occupied aboard Challenger.