 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Basa racho rakaziviswa naPurezidhendi Reagan pana August 27, 1984. Vasiri nhengo dzeNASAs Astronaut Corps, mudzidzisi wacho nedzimwe nhengo dzevasiri varwi dzaizobhururuka saPayload Specialists ndokudzokera kumabasa avo evanhuwo zvavo pashure pokubhururuka. Zvikumbiro zvinopfuura 40 000 zvakatumirwa neposvo kuvadzidzisi vaifarira nepo vadzidzisi 11 000 vakatumira zvikumbiro zvakazara kuNASA. Chikumbiro chimwe nechimwe chaibatanidza chidzidzo chinogona kudzidziswa kubva muchadenga pavaiva muSpace Shuttle uye vanokumbira 114 vakaziviswa nezvezvavakasarudzwa uye vakaunganidzwa pamwe chete nokuda kwechimwe chisarudzo chinowedzera icho chakaderedza vakwikwidzi kusvika kune gumi vanopedzisa. Ivava ipapo vakadzidziswa kwenguva yakati, uye muna 1985 NASA yakasarudza Christa McAuliffe kuva mudzidzisi wokutanga muchadenga, naBarbara Morgan somutevedzeri wake. McAuliffe akanga ari mudzidzisi wezvemagariro evanhu wepachikoro chesekondari wokuConcord, New Hampshire. Akaronga kudzidzisa zvidzidzo zviviri zvomaminiti 15 ari muSpace Shuttle. McAuliffe akafa mutsaona yeSpace Shuttle ChallengerSTS-51-L musi waJanuary 28, 1986. 