Commander Michael J. Smith, Pilot (buried in Section 7-A)
Commander Francis R. "Dick" Scobee (buried in Section 46 to the left of the Challenger Monument)
Ronald E. McNair, Mission Specialist
Ellison Onizuka, Mission Specialist
S. Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist (and teacher)
Gregory B. Jarvis, Payload Specialist
Judith A. Resnik, Mission Specialist

IN GRATEFUL
AND LOVING TRIBUTE
TO THE BRAVE CREW
OF THE UNITED STATES
SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER
28 JANUARY 1986

Poem on back of Challenger monument/group headstone:

HIGH FLIGHT

OH, I HAVE SLIPPED THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH
AND DANCED THE SKIES ON LAUGHTER SILVERED WINGS,
SUNWARD I'VE CLIMBED, AND JOINED THE TUMBLING MIRTH
OF SUN SPILT CLOUDS - AND DONE A HUNDRED THINGS
YOU HAVE NOT DREAMED OF WHEELED AND SOARDED NO SWUNG
HIGH IN THE SUNLIT SILENCE HOV'RING THERE.
I'VE CHASED THE SHOUTING WIND ALONG AND FLUNG
MY EAGER CRAFT THOUGH FOOTLESS HALLS OF AIR.
UP, UP THE LONG DELIRIOUS, BURNING BLUE
I'VE TOPPED THE WINDSWEPT HEIGHTS WITH EASY GRACE
WHERE NEVER LARK OR EVEN EAGLE FLEW
AND WHILE WITH SILENT, LIFTING MIND I'VE TROD
THE HIGH UNTRESPASSED SANCTITY OF SPACE
PUT OUT MY HAND, AND TOUCHED THE FACE OF GOD.

JOHN GILLEPIE MAGEE, Jr.

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