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- Birth nameMichael John Smith
- Michael J. Smith was born on April 30, 1945 in Beaufort, North Carolina, USA. He died on January 28, 1986 in over Atlantic Ocean.
- Pilot of the space shuttle Challenger when it exploded on January 28, 1986.
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) is dedicated to his memory (the movie was filmed between February-May, 1986) as well the rest of Challenger crew died in the disaster (Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ron McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik and Francis 'Dick' Scobee).
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