Michael Smith

Michael John Smith
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Astronaut
StatsborgerUSA
NationalitetAmerikaner
Født30. april 1945
Beaufort, North Carolina
Død28. januar 1986
Cape Canaveral, Florida
GravstedArlington National Cemetery
Andet arbejde
Pilot
Uddannelses-
sted
Naval Postgraduate School
United States Naval Academy
RangKaptajn, United States Navy
UdvælgelseNASA Årgang 1980
Mission(er)STS-51-L
MissionsemblemerSTS-51-L.svg

Michael John Smith (Mike Smith) (30. april 194528. januar 1986) var en amerikansk astronaut, der døde i ulykken med rumfærgen Challenger.

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Challenger-ulykken

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STS-51-L INSIGNIA
  • Members of the STS-51L crew designed this patch which will represent their participation on NASA's late January 1986 mission aboard the space shuttle Challenger, depicted launching from Florida and soaring into space to carry out a variety of goals. Among the prescribed duties of the five astronauts and two payload specialists will be observation and photography of Halley's Comet, backdropped against the United States flag in the insignia. Surnames of the crew members encircle the scene, with the payload specialists being recognized below. Surname of the first teacher in space, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, is followed by a symbolic apple. Gregory Jarvis, representing Hughes, is the industrial payload specialist for the flight. NASA's crew members are astronauts Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, commander; Michael J. Smith, pilot; and Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka and Judith A. Resnik - all mission specialists.
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Offical portrait of Astronaut candidate Michael J. Smith wearing blue shuttle flight suit.
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A drawing of NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger. Image provided by Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. See [1], specifically EG-0076-04.eps.