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Francis
Richard
(Dick)
Scobee
Born in Cle Elum, Kittitas County, Washington, United States of America
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 46
in Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, United States of America
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Biography
Dick Scobee is Notable.
Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee (May 19, 1939 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut.
| 1939 | Born in Cle Elum, Kittitas, Washington, USA. | |||||
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| 1957 | Enlisted in the US Air Force. During his career, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. |
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| 1978 | Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 8. [1] | |||||
| 1983 | Awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal. [2] |
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| 1984 | Flew on Challenger STS-41-C as Pilot with Robert Crippen, Terry Hart, James van Hoften and George Nelson. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal. [2] | |||||
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| 1986 | Flew on Challenger STS-51-L as Commander with Michael J. Smith, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe. Died in the crash resulting from the explosion of the Challenger. | |||||
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| 2004 | Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. [3] Awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. [4] |
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Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
- ↑ Hall of Fame Bio
- ↑ Congressional Space Medal of Honor Recipients
See also:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #1678
- Ancestry Profile
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K991-PNB : accessed 20 January 2017), Francis Scobee in household of Francis Scobee, Easton, Easton Election Precinct, Kittitas, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-7, sheet 1B, line 59, family 20, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4349.
- Wikipedia: Dick Scobee
- Wikidata: Item Q320047, en:Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-L
- United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
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