Grave of Michael John Smith (1945-1986),NASA astronaut and United States Navy pilot. Smith graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1967 and served in the Vietnam War as a pilot. He was killed aged 40 while pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger for mission STS-51-L. Challenger disintegrated shortly after launch on 28 January 1986,killing all seven on board. The subsequent inquiry traced the cause to a faulty rocket booster seal. Smith was posthumously promoted to Captain. Inscribed on the gravestone is the US Navy Pilot version of the Astronaut Badge. Photographed at Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia,USA | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Bassett, Peter |
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