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14 Astronauts who have died on duty Astronauts who have died on duty 14 Following is a list of astronauts in the October 5, 1967: Astronaut Clifton U.S. space program who have died while Williams was killed during training when on missions or in training. his T-38 jet crashed near Tallahassee, Florida. April 5, 1991: Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr., who had been a crew member on the space shuttle Discovery in 1989, died in the crash of a commercial plane while on official NASA business. October 31, 1964: Astronaut Theodore Freeman was killed when the T-38 jet he November 15, 1967: Astronaut Michael piloted crashed during a training mission Adams was killed when his X-15 rocket- at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas. powered aircraft crashed northwest of Cuddeback, California. He had been making his seventh X-15 flight for a joint U.S. Air Force-NASA program. February 1, 2003: The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated on descent through the atmosphere, killing astronauts David Brown, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Anderson, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut, from left. The need for explorers February 28,1966: Astronauts Charles December 8,1967: Astronaut Robert are the same today as Bassett II and Elliott See Jr., from left, Lawrence Jr. was killed when his F-104 they were in the day of were killed when their T-38 crashed at jet crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in Christopher Columbus, McDonnell Aircraft Corp.'s plant in St. California while on a training mission. but the dangers and risks are greater. Louis, Missouri, while on a training The new frontier mission. of exploration is not the Northwest Passage, the discovery or the treasures of a new land, nor the conquest in the name of a king, queen or country. The exploration of space is for the good of the citizens of the third planet from the sun, our home, Earth. The brave seven astronauts, who were launched into Earth’s orbit on January 16th., 2003 were well aware of the dangers that they faced, yet, they continued their mission with January 28, 1986: The space shuttle pride, dignity in the name of mankind. Challenger exploded moments after REL-MAR.COM would like to send January 27, 1967: Apollo 1 caught fire launch, killing the seven astronauts on our condolences and sympathies to the during a test on the launch pad at the board: Left to right, front row, Michael families, friends and associates of these brave Kennedy Space Center in Florida, killing Smith, Dick Scobee and Ronald McNair; seven, and may their memories be an astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward back row, Ellison Onizuka, Christa inspiration to all mankind. White II and Roger Chaffee, from left. McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis and Judith Laura Millar, Resnik. CEO REL-MAR.COM