![]() ![]() The ceremony highlighted the crew of Columbia for the 20th anniversary of the mission disaster that killed seven astronauts. Space Shuttle Columbia team members remember the loss of the STS-107 crew during NASA's Day of Remembrance ceremony, presented by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex,Thursday, Jan. “There’s been a de-emphasis on space because people say, ‘Let’s worry about problems on Earth as opposed to the future.’ We’ve got to look toward the future.” The disaster occurred over Texas, and only minutes. ![]() “It’s fading from people’s memory,” Diane Kalander said. The space shuttle Columbia broke apart on February 1, 2003, while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. 1, 2003, as it descended from orbit into the atmosphere toward a landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. EST a sensor in the space shuttle Columbia's left wing first recorded unusual stress as the orbiter and its seven. Their daughter and her boyfriend joined them at Kennedy. space shuttle Columbia broke up 203,000 feet over north central Texas about 9 a.m. “I don’t ever want to have to go through another Columbia.”īesides Ramon, Columbia’s last crew included commander Rick Husband, pilot Willie McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark.Ī ship’s bell pealed after each of the 25 names were read as the ceremony drew to a close.īob and Diane Kalander interrupted their sailing trip from their home in Jamestown, Rhode Island, to Florida’s Key West to honor the lost shuttle crews. “When we look back, why do we have to keep repeating the same hard lessons?” he said. ![]() Like NASA’s earlier tragedies, Columbia’s loss was avoidable, said former shuttle commander Bob Cabana, now NASA’s associate administrator. At space centers across the country, flags were lowered to half-staff, with ceremonies held along with spaceflight safety discussions. 27, 1967.īecause of the clustering of these three dates, NASA sets aside the last Thursday of every January to commemorate its fallen astronauts. space shuttle Columbia broke up 203,000 feet over north central Texas about 9 a.m. The Apollo 1 launch pad fire claimed three astronauts’ lives on Jan. WATCH: Space historian examines parallels of NASA’s last moon landing and the Artemis mission 28, 1986, killing all seven aboard, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. That same kind of cultural blunder led to the loss of shuttle Challenger during liftoff on Jan. NASA managers dismissed the impact during the flight despite the concerns of others. The shuttle broke apart over Texas, just 16 minutes from its planned Florida touchdown. 1, 2003, after a piece of fuel-tank foam came off and punctured the left wing during liftoff 16 days earlier. We pause to recall the memory of all those courageous souls,” said Konikov.Ĭolumbia was destroyed during reentry on Feb. No matter how fast we’re going, no matter how important our work, we must pause and think about why we’re here on Earth, and that’s what we’re doing today. But Zvi Konikov, a local rabbi, recalled how Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, asked him before the flight how to observe the Sabbath during two weeks in orbit with multiple sunsets a day. None of the Columbia astronaut family members attended the morning ceremony. NASA’s two shuttle accidents account for more than half of the names carved into the black granite of the Space Mirror Memorial plane crashes are to blame for the rest. More than 100 people gathered under a gray sky at Kennedy Space Center to remember not only Columbia’s crew of seven, but the 18 other astronauts killed in the line of duty. (AP) - NASA marked the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy with somber ceremonies and remembrances during its annual tribute to fallen astronauts on Thursday. We pause to recall the memory of all those courageous souls,” said Konikov.CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ![]() ![]()
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