Career record
Flights
1
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
1m
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0
Biography
Michael John Smith was an American astronaut—pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the STS-51-L mission. All seven crew members died.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Launches
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L — Pilot · Failure · January 28, 1986
Born 1945-04-30 · died 1986-01-28