Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1986.
1Flight
1mTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
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.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-LJanuary 28, 1986
Born 1945-04-30 · died 1986-01-28