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Prior to the race, they paid tribute to the astronauts who were killed in the Challenger disaster, which was several miles away from the track 19 days ago.
The suit is a direct descendant of the U.S. Air Force high-altitude pressure suits worn by the two-man crews of the SR-71 Blackbird, pilots of the U-2 and X-15, and Gemini pilot-astronauts, and the Launch Entry Suits worn by NASA astronauts starting on the STS-26 flight, the first flight after the Challenger disaster.
Among famous Mohawk natives are Francis E. Spinner, who served as Treasurer of the United States during and after the Civil War and was celebrated for his distinctive signature as well as the first federal official to employ women, and Gregory Jarvis, who died in the Challenger space shuttle disaster.