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Big Bird[edit]

Should we add that Caroll Spinney was supposed to go on this ship, as Big Bird, before the mission was abandoned cause the puppet proved to be too big? -- 68.163.108.150 (talk) 11:42, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Challenger Spacecraft" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Glaring omission...[edit]

Please include a list of passengers who died on the final flight. 63.152.66.105 (talk) 15:51, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you go to the article about the final flight it lists all of the crew. STS-51-L AlistairMcMillan (talk) 17:54, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]