In 1986, seven crewmembers perished 73 seconds into flight during what is now referred to as the “Space Shuttle Challenger accident.”
One of those fallen members was Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuka, the first Asian American to reach space and a University of Colorado alumnus. Though this final flight was short, his legacy and the continuance of space exploration lives on through the Challenger Center for Space Science Education.
This non-profit organization was created by the families of the astronauts from Challenger Space Shuttle mission STS-51-L and was dedicated to that mission’s educational spirit.
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