Career record
Flights
2
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
6d 23h
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0
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.
Launches
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L — Commander · Failure · January 28, 1986
- Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 | STS-41-C — Pilot · Success · April 6, 1984
Born 1939-05-19 · died 1986-01-28