Flight record
2 flights on padside's record, flying from 1984 to 1986.
2Flights
6d 23hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Francis Richard Scobee was an American pilot and astronaut. He was killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Cle Elum
- Education
- University of Arizona; U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; Auburn Senior High School; San Antonio College
- Awards
- Congressional Space Medal of Honor; Air Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-LJanuary 28, 1986
- Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 | STS-41-CApril 6, 1984
Born 1939-05-19 · died 1986-01-28, aged 46