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The crew cabin continued to rise for 20 seconds before slowing, then finally dropping again some 12 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. The sources said the remains were transferred to a hospital at Patrick Air Force Base, 25 miles south of here, and that forensic experts began examining them Monday. Searchers hope to recover from the cabin compartment three magnetic tapes that recorded performance of some of Challengers systems and could provide evidence on the cause of the explosion 73 seconds after liftoff Jan. 28. Was the plume or something else the precursor to catastrophe? As he flipped . Front row from left are Michael J. Smith, Francis R. (Dick) Scobee and Ronald E. McNair. In the absence of official information, such speculation, built on a few facts and much informed conjecture, was rife all week. Space agency engineers warned last year that seals on the solid-rocket boosters might break and cause an explosion, according to documents from NASA's own files. 1. Dissection autopsy hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy challenger astronaut autopsy photos They wanted a teacher whod be good on The Johnny Carson show, another teacher finalist from Massachusetts, Bob Veilleux, says in the book. 6-year-old beauty JonBenet Ramsey was reported missing early on Dec. 26, 1996, from her Boulder, Colo., home in a bizarre case that would become one of America's most enduring unsolved murder cases. Real Death Pictures Taken From Around the World. Victims of the Challenger Explosion: Where Are They Now? McAuliffe was 37 years old when she died aboard the space shuttle. Their remains were recovered and returned to their families. Shuttle astronauts do not wear spacesuits during launch and the two reported found Wednesday were on board in case an emergency in orbit required a spacewalk. Shuttle Commander Francis 'Dick' Scobee will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery May 19 and co-pilot Michael Smith on May 3. The agency then released a limited selection of photos to him. But Ms. Resniks father, Marvin, said NASA believed the bodies could be identified even though they did not appear to be in one piece, The New York Times reported today. The debris includes the attachment fitting that once held the 14-story rocket to the ship's fuel tank. Wreckage of the shuttles right solid-fuel booster rocket is believed to be the key to understanding the tragedy in space. In this photo the space shuttle Challenger mission STS 51-L crew pose for a portrait while training at Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Launch complex 39, Pad B in Florida this 09 January 1986. Never before seen Challenger disaster pics: Photos discovered in an But the agency went ahead with the mission anyway.