Science and Exploration

Challenger’s Soccer Ball Finally Reaches Space

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
February 6, 2017
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Challenger’s Soccer Ball Finally Reaches Space
Ellison Onizuka's Soccer Ball
NASA

Shane Kimbrough ?@astro_kimbrough This ball was on Challenger that fateful day. Flown by Ellison Onizuka for his daughter, a soccer player @Clear_LakeHS. #NASARemembers

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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