What Became of the Challenger Crew’s Bodies?

After the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986, the bodies of the crew members were recovered from the wreckage of the spacecraft. The remains of the seven astronauts—Francis R. Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe—were found among the debris recovered from the ocean floor.