On Jan. 29, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will hold a ceremony honoring members of the NASA family who lost their lives in the quest of space exploration. The ceremony pays tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues.
The ceremony will take place in the lobby of Building 4200 at 9 a.m. Retired astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson will assist Marshall Center Director Patrick Scheuermann in a candle lighting ceremony. U.S. flags at the Marshall Center will be lowered to half-staff during the day.
News media interested in attending should contact Molly Porter in the Marshall Center’s Public & Employee Communications Office at 256-544-0034 no later than 3 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Jan. 28.
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Media Contact:
Molly Porter
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
256-544-0034
molly.a.porter@nasa.gov