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Article: Ronald E. McNair's widow remembers late husband on tenth anniversary of his death in space shuttle Challenger. (fatal space shuttle mission of Jan 28, 1986)
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- Article date:
- February 26, 1996
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Though it's been 10 years since that tragic day of Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle Challenger was destroyed in an accident shortly after takeoff, the legacy of the seven-member crew aboard the space shuttle continues to live.
Hundreds of people recently took part in a 10th-year remembrance day at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL, and at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.
Cheryl McNair, widow of NASA physicist and mission specialist Dr. Ronald E. McNair, the second Black American to venture into space, was one of the survivors who remembered the anniversary of the event.
She recently told the Houston Chronicle newspaper she's ...