Challenger Astronauts Memorialized on the Moon

Image of the Moon with seven craters named after the crew of the lost Challenger Space Shuttle - Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnick, Dick Scobee, and Michael Smith.
NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
January 30, 2020
CreditNASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
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After the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28,1986, seven craters on the eastern rim of the Apollo basin were named after the crew members: Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnick, Dick Scobee, and Michael Smith.

The Apollo basin is 524 km across within the larger South Pole Aitken Basin.

For more information, see the full post on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera site.

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