From the August 2, 2015, Yahoo! News/AP by Maurice Dunn.
For the first time, NASA has a new exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center showing one piece from each shuttle as well as reminders of the 14 astronauts who died in their explosions.
The intent of the exhibit is to show how they lived rather than died.
Among the personal items: Challenger commander Francis "Dick" Scobee's leather helmet he wore from the StarJuster biplane he and his wife used to fly and his blue "TFNG" t-shirt from the astronaut class of 1979 which was nicknamed the "Thirty-Five New Guys."
Columbia commander Rick Husband's scuffed cowboy boots and well-worn open to Proverbs will also be shown.
Each of the 14 astronauts will have an individual display case.
The Columbia blew p Feb. 1, 2003, and 42 tons of debris was collected.
The Challenger blew up January 28, 1986.
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