Today, January 28th 2016, marks the 30th anniversary of Challenger disaster. It is also NASA’s official Day of Remembrance to commemorate the three separate tragedies which have scarred the agency and shaped its acceptance of risk. They were the Apollo 1 fire which took place January 27th, 1967, the loss of Challenger on January 28th, […]
Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett This morning, NASA held a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center’s space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit to unveil a project which has been in the works since 2012. It is a memorial to both the crew and the ships which the agency lost in two accidents which shook the nation, the loss […]
Today is the 10th anniversary of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its brave crew. It is also NASA’s designated Day of Remembrance for the two other tragedies which shook the American space program, the Apollo 1 fire, and the loss of Challenger. The following message, posted on NASA.Gov is from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden […]
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