Dick Scobee
| Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee | |
 Francis Scobee | |
| NASA Astronaut | |
|---|---|
| Tillstånd | Omkom under uppdrag |
| Född | 19 maj 1939 Cle Elum, Washington, USA |
| Död | 28 januari 1986 (46 år) Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA |
| Andra yrken | Navigatör |
| Grad | Överstelöjtnant, USAF |
| Tid i rymden | 6d 23h 40m |
| Uppdrag | STS-41-C, STS-51-L |
| Uppdragsemblem |   |
| Utmärkelser |  |
Francis R. Scobee, född 19 maj 1939 i Cle Elum, Washington, USA, död 28 januari 1986 vid Challengerolyckan, var en amerikansk astronaut uttagen i astronautgrupp 8 den 16 januari 1978.
Utmärkelser
Nedslagskratern Scobee på månen, är uppkallad efter honom.[1]
Asteroiden 3350 Scobee är uppkallad efter honom.[2]
2004 tilldelades han Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Northrop Grumman:s rymdfarkost Cygnus NG-21 är uppkallad efter honom.
Rymdfärder
Källor
”Biographical Data” (på engelska) (PDF). NASA. maj 2013. https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/scobee_francis.pdf?emrc=da46ab. Läst 31 maj 2024.
- ^ ”Scobee on Moon” (på engelska). International Astronomical Union. 18 oktober 2010. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5392. Läst 29 september 2019.
- ^ ”Minor Planet Center 3350 Scobee” (på engelska). Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=3350. Läst 11 maj 2018.
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S78-35293 (31 Jan 1978) --- Astronaut Francis R. Scobee.
STS-51-L INSIGNIA The STS-51-L crewmembers designed this insignia to represent their participation in NASA's mission aboard the Challenger, depicted launching from Florida and soaring into space to carry out a variety of goals. Among the prescribed duties of the five astronauts and two payload specialists will be observation and photography of Halley's Comet, backdropped against the U.S. flag in the insignia. Surnames of the crewmembers encircle the scene, with the payload specialists being recognized below. Surname of the first teacher in space, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, is followed by a symbolic apple.
The NASA insignia design for space shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and for other official use as the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news media. When and if there is any change in this policy, which we
The patch features a helmet visor of an astronaut performing an extravehicular activity. In the visor are reflected the sun's rays, the Challenger and its remote manipulator system (RMS) deploying the long duration exposure facility (LDEF), the Earth and blue sky, and another astronaut working at the damaged Solar Maximum Satellite (SMS). The scene is encircled by the surnames of the crewmembers.