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A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember
Kennedy Space Center employees and guests placed wreaths and flowers in front of the Space Mirror Memorial at the spaceport's visitor complex during NASA's Day of Remembrance. The annual event this year took place on the 10th anniversary of the loss of space shuttle Columbia and its crew and was hosted by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation.

Kennedy Space Center employees and guests placed wreaths and flowers in front of the Space Mirror Memorial at the spaceport’s visitor complex during NASA’s Day of Remembrance. The annual event this year took place on the 10th anniversary of the loss of space shuttle Columbia and its crew and was hosted by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation. The yearly ceremony also honors the astronauts of Apollo 1, who perished in 1967, the shuttle Challenger, lost in 1986, and other astronauts who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery. Dedicated in 1991, the names of fallen astronauts are emblazoned on the monument’s 4.5-foot-high-by-50-foot-wide polished black granite surface that reflects the sky.

Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

Feb. 1, 2013