Tag: Shuttle Columbia
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NASA and President Trump pay tribute to fallen astronauts in shutdown’s wake
Vice President Mike Pence and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine set a memorial wreath among the gravestones for the astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 fire of 1967, with former NASA administrators, family members and other VIPs surrounding them at Arlington National Cemetery. (NASA / White House Photo) NASA highlighted the legacy of astronauts lost…
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NASA’s Day of Remembrance highlights 15th anniversary of shuttle Columbia’s loss
Amy Resnik, sister-in-law of Challenger astronaut Judy Resnik, and Kristy Carroll, family friend of Columbia astronaut William McCool, embrace by the Space Shuttle Columbia and Challenger Memorials at Arlington National Cemetery during NASA’s Day of Remembrance. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) News Brief: The last Thursday of January is NASA’s time to pay tribute to…