Manned Spaceflight Memorial - Challenger - Alamogordo, NM
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N 32° 55.239 W 105° 55.223
13S E 413942 N 3642865
Memorial at the Space Hall of Fame and Museum with a plaque honoring the seven astronauts who died in the Challenger explosion.
Waymark Code: WM7QHN
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2009
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Located in the Astronaut Memorial Garden it is a tribute to the Challenger crew, Commander Francis "Dick" Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Mission Specialist 1 Ellison Onizuka, Mission Specialist 2 Judith Resnik, Mission Specialist 3 Ronald McNair, Payload Specialist 1 Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist 2 Gregory Jarvis . A simple obelisk with a bronze plaque with the names of the crew members of the mission, it is a sober reminder that the successes we had in space that are shown in the exhibits at the New Mexico Space Museum and Space Hall of Fame, came with a heavy human cost.
Memorial Obelisk
Plaque