Challenger Lost On Liftoff A Quarter Century Ago

Kennedy Space Center, FL, will observe NASA's Day of Remembrance on Jan. 27 and the 25th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger accident on Jan. 28.

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NASA officials will lay a wreath at the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex at 1030 EST. Kennedy Center Director and former astronaut Bob Cabana will take part in the ceremony.

NASA's Day of Remembrance honors members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the astronaut crews of Apollo 1 and shuttles Challenger and Columbia.

The Astronauts Memorial Foundation will hold a remembrance service honoring Challenger's STS-51L crew. The ceremony also will be held at the Space Mirror Memorial, and will include such speakers as NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations William Gerstenmaier, June Scobee Rodgers, widow of Commander Dick Scobee, Robert Cabana, former astronaut and Kennedy center director, Michael McCulley, former astronaut and chairman of The Astronauts Memorial Foundation, and Rick Soria, 2009 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award winner. The Astronauts Memorial Foundation President Stephen Feldman will moderate the service.

Space Mirror Memorial

Kennedy contractors and civil servants will be allowed access to the Space Mirror Memorial on both days to pay their respects.

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