Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Gregory Jarvis, Challenger astronaut, born 1944



Gregory Jarvis, born August 24, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, died during the Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51-L) disaster on January 28, 1986. He was a payload specialist for Hughes Aircraft and it was his first mission into space.  He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 2004.



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