On 27 January 1967, a fire in the cabin of Apollo1 during testing, claimed the lives of all three astonauts aboard.
Gus Grissom, Ed White II and Roger Chaffee were lost.
May they rest in peace, and their lives serve as inspiration to those who still dream of High Flight.
On 28 January 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after lift-off on STS-51-L.
Greg Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnick, Michael J. Smith, and Dick Scobee were lost.
May they rest in peace, and their lives serve as inspiration to those who still dream of High Flight.
On 1 February 2003, The Space Shuttle Columbia was lost as it reentered at the end of a two-week mission, STS-107.
Rick. D. Husband, William McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chowla, Laura B. Clark, and Ilan Ramon were lost.
May they rest in peace, and their lives serve as inspiration to those who still dream of High Flight.
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The one that stands out in my mind is the loss of Challenger. One of those where I remember what I was doing when I heard the news. There is a great organization; the Challenger Center for Space Science Education. It exists to inspire young people. I remember, back in the early 60s - writing to the space program, asking about being an astronaut. I wish I had saved the answering letter! It basically said -that women would never be going into space. I had even gone so far as doing my 9th grade career project on joining the Air Force and flying jets. At the time I was taking flying lessons at Lake Elmo Airport. Aw, well - I send my best wishes to all the young women of today -hoping that they can soar and touch their dreams! Here's the site: http://www.challenger.org
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