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NASA astronaut Francis R. " Dick" Scobee is the namesake for Northrop Grumman's 21st Cygnus cargo vehicle.
He flew twice on Challenger , first as pilot in 1984 and then as commander two years later .
On Jan. 28, 1986 , Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its 10th mission, the result of a failed seal in one of the rocket boosters.
Pearlman is a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of " Space Stations: The Art, Science , and Reality of Working in Space" Pearlman was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in 2009 .
In 2021 , he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award .
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