Joy McNair, left, daughter, Reginald McNair, son, and Cheryl McNair, wife, embrace under a statue of Lake City, S.C. astronaut Ron McNair at Ron McNair Memorial Park in Lake City, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006. McNair died Jan. 28, 1986, along with six other astronauts when the space shuttle Challenger exploded. (Heidi Heilbrunn/AP Photo Morning News file)

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