Crewmembers of the STS 51-L mission at pre-launch breakfast

51L-S-029 (28 Jan. 1986) --- Crew members of the STS-51L mission are seated for breakfast launch morning in the Operations and Checkout Building prior to liftoff of the space shuttle Challenger scheduled for 9:38 a.m. The launch was scheduled for Jan. 27, 1986, but was delayed 24 hours due to unacceptable cross winds. Crew members left to right are Ellison S. Onizuka, mission specialist; Sharon Christa McAuliffe, payload specialist; Michael J. Smith, pilot; Francis R. Scobee, commander; Judith A. Resnik and Dr. Ronald E. McNair, mission specialists; and Gregory D. Jarvis, payload specialist. EDITOR?S NOTE: The STS-51L crew members lost their lives in the space shuttle Challenger accident moments after launch on Jan. 28, 1986 from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Photo credit: NASA