

The remains of all seven astronauts from the Challenger disaster were discovered in the crew decks on the ocean floor. The entire STS-51-L crew died on January 28, 1986, when Challenger broke up during launch.

Judith Resnik, and fellow civilian payload specialist, Christa McAuliffe. The crew on board the Orbiter Challenger included Commander Dick Scobee, pilot Michael J.

Jarvis was Payload Specialist 2 on STS-51-L which was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 11:38:00 EST on January 28, 1986. His flight was rescheduled for early January 1986, but he was again replaced – this time by U.S. Jarvis was originally scheduled to make his shuttle flight in April 1985, but his spot on that flight was replaced by U.S. He planned to conduct experiments regarding the effects of weightlessness on fluids. In June 1984, Jarvis was one of two Hughes Aircraft employees selected as candidates for the Space Shuttle program. Thereafter he worked for Hughes Aircraft. Jarvis joined the United States Air Force the same year and served until 1973, when he was honorably discharged as a Captain. degree in the same discipline from Northeastern University in 1969. degree in electrical engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1967, and a M.S. Jarvis Middle School in his honor), in Mohawk, New York, in 1962. Jarvis High School, which eventually became the Gregory B. Jarvis graduated from Mohawk Central High School (later renamed to Gregory B.
