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Mortuary to receive Challenger seven at Dover base
Cape Canaveral AP The East Coast's largest mortuary prepared to receive flag draped coffins of Challenger seven astronauts nine miles above Earth after the shuttle exploded. A C-141 would fly from the landing strip to Dover Air Force Base Delaware for embalming and preparation per families' wishes.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Dover Air Force Base
Delaware
NASA
Astronaut Corps
Dover Mortuary
U.S
Beirut
Lebanon
Newfoundland
People’s Temple
Jonestown
Guyana
Dover
Francis R
Dick” Scobee
Navy
Michael J. Smith
Judith A. Resnik
Ronald E. McNair
Air Force
Ellison
Onizuka
Gregory B. Jarvis
Hughes Aircraft
S. Christa McAuliffe
New Hampshire
Arlington National Cemetery
Smith
Scobee
Hawaii