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This page is dedicated to the memory of the NASA astronauts who have lost their lives in the line of duty:
Apollo 1, 27 January 1967
Challenger, 51-L, 28 January
1986
Columbia, STS-107, 1 February
2003
"If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life." Gus Grissom, Commander, Apollo 1 You were our family, our friends,
our heroes. We will honor your memory by continuing to reach for
the stars. Godspeed and tailwinds, friends...
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The crew of Apollo 14. The mission landed on the moon and lasted from 31 January to 9 February 1971. Photograph is courtesy of the USS Hornet Museum and signed by Dr. Edgar Mitchell. |
The following items were generously
supplied by Col Pamela Melroy, a NASA astronaut and former KC-10 pilot.
Crew patch from STS-92, which was
flown in October 2001. Tag on back reads: "This item was flown on
Shuttle mission STS-92, October 2001." It is signed by Col Melroy.
The crew of STS-92. From
left to right: Leroy Chiao, Pamela Ann Melroy, Michael E. Lopez-Alegria,
William S. McArthur, Jr., Peter J. K. "Jeff" Wisoff, Brian Duffy, Koichi
Wakata.
Crew patch and crew photo from STS-112
flown in October 2002. The crew are (from left to right): Sandra
H. Magnus, David A. Wolf, Pamela A. Melroy, Jeffrey S. Ashby, Piers J.
Sellers, and cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin.
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