Edward White, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and Roger Chaffee died during an Apollo 1 mock countdown when a fire consumed their capsule cabin on January 27, 1967. Astronauts Ted Freeman, Clifton C. William, Elliot See, and Charles Bassett, II died when their T-38 training jets crashed. Edward G. Givens died in an automobile accident. El Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, Judy Resnik, Mike Smith, Dick Scobee, and Rom McNair died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986. In crossing new frontiers of knowledge, the human spirit grows in wisdom, and for the freedom of exploring the unknown, people willingly forgo the security of the familiar.