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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--Searchers have found remains of Challenger's astronauts in the debris of the shuttle's crew compartment 100 feet down on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, NASA announced yesterday...
...Family members of Challenger's crew have been informed," a statement said. "In deference to family wishes, NASA will not make further comments until recovery operations and identifications are complete...
...search ship using sonar about 25 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral made a possible identification of the compartment late Friday, and divers Saturday positively identified compartment debris and crew remains, the NASA statement said...
Recovering the compartment wreckage and remains could take several days, depending on the weather and sea conditions, NASA said...
Among those killed was Christa McAuliffe, a New Hampshire schoolteacher who was flying as NASA's first citizen in space...