Challenger (Spacecraft)

Scope and Contents One large WVU flag, 39 slides, and a certificate. The flag was taken into space by astronaut and West Virginian Jon McBride from October 5-13, 1984, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on NASA flight STS-41-G. That particular flight was the first shuttle mission to carry a crew of seven, including the first crew with two women (Sally Ride and Kathryn Sullivan), the first Australian-born person to journey into space (Paul Scully-Power), and the first Canadian astronaut in space (Marc...