Gregory Jarvis
American astronaut
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Challenger disaster: crew
Crew of the Challenger 51-L mission: (back row, left to right) Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnik; (front row, left to right) Michael Smith, Francis (Dick) Scobee, Ronald McNair, November 1985.
Gregory Jarvis was an American astronaut and engineer who tragically died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. He was a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, which disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff. Jarvis was one of the seven crew members who perished in the accident. He had been selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1978.12
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