It's somehow fitting that this day of the week that we usually post something that inspires us, happens to fall on the day that NASA remembers those it lost.
I'm sure most of us here, depending on our various ages, can remember exactly where we were on the day of any of these tragedies.
The Apollo 1 crew... 01/27/1967
Grissom
White
Chaffee
The space shuttle Challenger crew...01/28/1986
Onizuka
Smith
Scobee
Jarvis
Resnik
McNair
McAuliffe
The space shuttle Columbia crew...02/01/2003
Brown
Husband
Clark
Chawla
Anderson
McCool
Ramon
"We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them...as they waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God".
Thank you for posting this. It's so important to remember.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, it is important to remember these men and women, so inspiring. They gave their lives furthering our knowledge of science and space.
DeleteSo important to remember...thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteThanks, we must never forget.
DeleteTrue heroes of Space. I remember each of these heartbreaking tragedies.
ReplyDeleteSame here, tragedies in the midst of being heroes.
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