[1] Jarvis joined the United States Air Force the same year and served until 1973, when he was honorably discharged as a Captain.

The crew on board the Orbiter Challenger included Commander Dick Scobee, pilot Michael J. Smith (USN), mission specialists Dr. Ronald McNair, Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuka (USAF), Dr. Judith Resnik, and fellow civilian payload specialist Christa McAuliffe.

[citation needed] The remains of all seven astronauts from the Challenger disaster were discovered in the crew decks on the ocean floor.

During salvage operations to raise the crew deck from the ocean floor, Jarvis' body escaped from the wreckage, floated to the surface, and disappeared back into the sea.

The four students were Keith “Vedge” Tannenbaum, Space Mann, Little Jeffrey Brenner and Joseph “Sneetch” Kuperberg.

The students purchased plywood and stencils at a local store and then painted the sign before going out late at night to attach it to the building.